Seeable Signs: The Iconography of the Seven Sacraments, 1350-1544

by Ann Eljenholm Nichols

Representation of the seven sacraments in medieval painting, sculpture and wood-carving began in Europe in the fourteenth century; by the middle of the 15th century it had become widespread. In this interdisciplinary study Ann Eljenholm Nichols analyses the iconography of the sacraments, looking principally at English work (in particular the imaged baptismal fonts in East Anglia, which are the single best corpus of extant seven-sacrament art),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851153429
• ISBN13: 9780851153421
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.0" x 9.8"