Iconic Books and Texts - Sacred texts (HRLC) - James W. Watts
5. Images to be Read and Words to be Seen: The Iconic Role of the Early Medieval Book
Iconic Books and Texts - Sacred texts (HRLC) - James W. Watts
Michelle P. Brown
Description
This chapter surveys the history of the early medieval book, especially the transmission of religious texts in the codex format, in order to understand how the material form of the book itself came to take on religious significance.