Ornament as Argument

Download or read book Ornament as Argument written by Anna Bücheler and published by de Gruyter. This book was released on 2019 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores notions of ornamentation and materiality in 10th and 11th century manuscript illumination. So-called textile pages evoking the weave patterns of Byzantine and Islamic silk, show that ornament has metaphoric meaning and serves distinct functions in religious art. A contextualized reading investigates the ways in which textile pages relate to medieval theological issues, the liturgy, and contribute to medieval book culture.