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

by Ann Eljenholm Nichols

Representations of the seven sacraments in medieval art examined in the context of theological, didactic and liturgical sources.

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...

• 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"