Studies in Late Medieval Wall Paintings, Manuscript Illuminations, and Texts

by Clifford Davidson

Book Overview

This volume is an interdisciplinary consideration of late medieval art and texts, falling into two parts: first, the iconography and context of the great Doom wall painting over the tower arch at Holy Trinity Church, Coventry, and second, Carthusian studies treating fragmentary wall paintings in the Carthusian monastery near Coventry; the devotional images in the Carthusian Miscellany; and meditation for "simple souls" in the Carthusian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319474758
• ISBN13: 9783319474755
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"