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Nuns as artists: the visual culture of a medieval convent
Jeffrey F. Hamburger
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Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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Preface and Acknowledgments (page xix)
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INTRODUCTION (page 1)
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I. PATTERNS OF PIETY—PROTOCOLS OF VISION: THE VISUAL CULTURE OF ST. WALBURG (page 7)
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Delineating Devotions (page 10)
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Printed Exemplars (page 20)
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Manuscript Models (page 24)
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Woven Work (page 37)
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Consecration and Enclosure (page 51)
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II. THE SWEET ROSE OF SORROW (page 63)
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Roses and Remembrance (page 66)
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Passionate Prayer (page 80)
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Agony, Ecstasy, Obedience (page 94)
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III. WOUNDING SIGHT (page 101)
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Exemplary Images (page 102)
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Penetrating Vision (page 128)
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IV. THE HOUSE OF THE HEART (page 137)
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Union and Communion (page 138)
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The Heart as a House (page 151)
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Knocking at Heaven's Gate (page 158)
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An Interior Castle (page 168)
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V. NUNS WORK (page 177)
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Ora et Labora: Prayer and Work (page 181)
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The Circulation of Images (page 192)
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CONCLUSION: VISION VERSUS SUPERVISION (page 213)
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Abbreviations (page 223)
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Notes (page 225)
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Bibliography (page 293)
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Index of Biblical Citations (page 305)
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Index of Manuscripts Cited (page 307)
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General Index (page 309)
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Published: c1997
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520203860 (hardcover)
- 9780520917378 (ebook)