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Item Number: 123702
Title: The Visual Culture of Baptism in the Middle Ages : Essays on Mediaeval Fonts, Settings and Beliefs
Author: Sonne de Torrens, Harriet M. ; Miguel A. Torrens (eds)
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ISBN: 9781409456759
Description: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2013. 24cm., hardcover, 250pp., 84 b&w illus. Contents: Introduction, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens and Miguel A. Torrens; Nel mio bel San Giovanni, fatti per loco de’ battezzatori: baptismal fonts in Tuscany, Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby; Saint John portal and baptistery at St-Etienne cathedral of Sens, Annebelle Martin; Reconsidering the date of the baptismal font in San Isidoro, León, Spain, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens; The two fonts of the Florence baptistery and the evolution of the baptismal rite in Florence, ca. 1200-1500, Amy R. Bloch; ‘The heavens and all the powers therein’: the iconography of the font of All Saints, Gresford in its political context, Madeleine Gray; Festive vessels or everyday fonts? New considerations on the liturgical functions of medieval baptismal fonts in Germany, Silvia Schlegel; Chores, computation, and the Second Coming: calendar images and Romanesque baptismal fonts, Frances Altvater; Baptism and the interaction with supernatural creatures in medieval Europe, Jenni Kuuliala; Bibliography; Index.

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