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Listen, O Isles, Unto Me: Studies in Medieval Word and Image in Honour of Jennifer O'Reilly
Elizabeth Mullins
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Description for Listen, O Isles, Unto Me: Studies in Medieval Word and Image in Honour of Jennifer O'Reilly
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection, which brings together new research on a range of patristic and medieval texts and visual materials, sets the cultural transformation of early medieval Ireland and Britain in the context of these islands' inheritance from late antiquity and their engagement with the wider medieval world. Editor(s): Scully, Diarmuid; Mullins, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3H; ACK; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1002. 459pp
This interdisciplinary collection, which brings together new research on a range of patristic and medieval texts and visual materials, sets the cultural transformation of early medieval Ireland and Britain in the context of these islands' inheritance from late antiquity and their engagement with the wider medieval world. It testifies to the imaginative ways in which scholars and artists assimilated and creatively re-interpreted the Christian and Mediterranean culture they encountered through the coming of Christianity, a central theme in the work of Dr Jennifer O'Reilly. The first section, 'Inheritance and Transmission' sets the scene with contributions examining the interplay of classical ... Read more
This interdisciplinary collection, which brings together new research on a range of patristic and medieval texts and visual materials, sets the cultural transformation of early medieval Ireland and Britain in the context of these islands' inheritance from late antiquity and their engagement with the wider medieval world. It testifies to the imaginative ways in which scholars and artists assimilated and creatively re-interpreted the Christian and Mediterranean culture they encountered through the coming of Christianity, a central theme in the work of Dr Jennifer O'Reilly. The first section, 'Inheritance and Transmission' sets the scene with contributions examining the interplay of classical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
1st Edition
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
New
Number of Pages
486
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781859184660
SKU
9781859184660
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About Elizabeth Mullins
Dr Elizabeth Mullins is a College Lecturer in the School of History and Archives, University College Dublin. Her research and teaching interests include archival theory and practice, medieval and early modern palaeography and the exegesis and iconography of Insular gospel books. Dr Diarmuid Scully is a College Lecturer in the School of History, University College Cork. His research and ... Read more
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