| Description |
xvi, 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Selected papers ; 3
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Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-1996.
Works. Selections. 1977. Braziller ; 3.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
"Muscipula diaboli", the symbolism of the Mérode Altarpiece -- A note on the Mérode Altarpiece -- Ancient mosaics in Israel: late antique art--pagan, Jewish, Christian -- Joseph scenes on the Maximianus Throne in Ravenna -- Place of the Joshua Roll in Byzantine history -- Frescoes of Castelseprio -- Notes on Castelseprio -- Carolingian copy of the calendar of 354 -- Religious meaning of the Ruthwell Cross -- Bowman and the bird on the Ruthwell Cross and other works: the interpretation of secular themes in early medieval religious art -- Marginal images and Drôlerie -- Decoration of the Leningrad manuscript of Bede -- Place of Ireland in Hiberno-Saxon art -- A note on the wall strips of Saxon churches -- "Cain's jaw-bone that did the first murder" -- Image of a disappearing Christ -- Angel and the ram in Abraham's sacrifice: a parallel in Western and Islamic art -- An Irish-Latin text on the angel with the ram in Abraham's sacrifice -- Beatus apocalypse of Gerona -- An illuminated English psalter of the early thirteenth century -- On an Italian painting of the flagellation of Christ in the Frick Collection -- Bird's Head Haggada, an illustrated Hebrew manuscript of ca. 1300. |
| Subject |
Art, Early Christian.
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Art, Early Christian. |
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Art, Medieval.
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Art, Medieval. |
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Art paléochrétien. |
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Art médiéval. |
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Beeldende kunsten. |
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Klassieke oudheid. |
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Vroegchristelijke kunst. |
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Middeleeuwen. |
| ISBN |
0807609277 |
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9780807609279 |
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