The Bible from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance: Writing and Images from the Vatican Library - Couverture rigide

 
9780814644614: The Bible from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance: Writing and Images from the Vatican Library
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0814644619 ISBN 13 : 9780814644614
Editeur : Liturgical Press, 2017

Synopsis

The Bible has inspired scholarly and artistic achievements all over the world since Late Antiquity. The largest and most diverse collection of Bibles, in both their calligraphic and illuminative expression, is archived at the Vatican Library. The scholars who contributed to this volume were given unprecedented access to the Vatican Library archive and, while focusing on the written and illustrative themes of the Bible, have created the most comprehensive chronology to date.

This volume is a journey led by major international scholars through the Bible's development from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance era, allowing all readers of the Bible to marvel at the wisdom of the writings and beauty of the illustrations, many available here for the first time.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ambrogio M. Piazzoni (1951) is the vice prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library, first layman to hold this position. A graduate of Sapienza-University of Rome, educated in medieval history and specialized in palaeography, he spent a number of years as a cataloguer of manuscripts in the Vatican Library before taking charge for the introduction of the computerized cataloguing of manuscripts. As vice prefect (1999), he is also the scientific director of cataloguing of the Vatican Library manuscripts and director of the Library's publishing department. He teaches Latin palaeography, which pertains to both writing and illuminations, at the Augustinianum University in Rome. He has published a number of books and more than a hundred articles in scholarly journals and collective works on subjects related to medieval cultural history, biblical exegesis in the Middle Ages, Church history, and history of the Vatican Library.

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Éditeur
Liturgical Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814644619
ISBN 13 
9780814644614
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
366
Éditeur
Piazzoni Ambrogio M.
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
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