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Seeable Signs

The Iconography of the Seven Sacraments, 1350-1544

by Ann Eljenholm Nichols

  • Hardback
  • 432 pages
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • 17 x 24.5 x 2.7 cm

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Seven-sacrament art - the representation of all seven sacraments - first appeared in Europe as an occasional subject in the 14th century, but by the middle of the 15th it had become widely popular. In this interdisciplinary study, Ann Eljenholm Nichols provides an analysis of the iconography of the sacraments. The book begins with a comprehensive survey of all known continental work, some of it never before published, but it focuses on English work. Nichols argues that before 1450 there existed an international iconography of the sacraments, but that thereafter English work diverges so radically it is necessary to speak of a distinctive insular iconography. The explanation for that difference, she believes, is to be found in the peculiar religious climate created by the Lollard rejection of the sacramental system.The need to counter-attack, to make the sacred signs seeable, accounts for the theological character of the font iconography. Her book makes an important contribution to the cultural and social history of medieval England. Ann Eljenholm Nichols is Professor, Department of English, Winona State University (East Anglia).
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  • Author

    Ann Eljenholm Nichols

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Boydell & Brewer Ltd

  • Published

    July 1994

  • Weight

    990g

  • Page Count

    432

  • Dimensions

    17 x 24.5 x 2.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9780851153421

  • ISBN-10

    0851153429

  • Eden Code

    1196754

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