Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, The. (Record no. 36267)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781846151460
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780851158549
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC4949407
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System control number (Au-PeEL)EBL4949407
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System control number (CaONFJC)MIL54485
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System control number (OCoLC)1024273982
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Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
Language of cataloging eng
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Modifying agency MiAaPQ
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number NA5453.D73 2002
082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 726.5291
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Drake, C. S.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, The.
264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Woodbridge :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Boydell & Brewer, Limited,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2002.
264 #4 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Date of publication, distribution, etc �2002.
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Extent 1 online resource (233 pages)
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Carrier type term online resource
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Summary, etc By the end of the eleventh century, when Romanesque art first appeared, and by the twelfth when it flourished, every parish church had a font. Increasing prosperity in Europe in the twelfth century was accompanied by the blossoming of the arts in all their forms, and baptismal fonts were often covered in lavish decoration of a high quality, at times producing masterpieces in form and iconography. Romanesque art is, above all, religious art, and the sacrament of baptism, being second only to the Eucharist in liturgical importance, is the first in which a Christian takes part. Because of this, almost all the decoration found on fonts is linked to the underlying meaning of the rite, whether directly in the portrayals of relevant stories from the Bible and the lives of saints, or indirectly in the symbolism of the bestiary and of formal motifs such as the vine, the palmette and the fleur de lis. Even the geometric ornament contained, at times, a symbolic meaning. At the lowest level, the illiterate village craftsmen resorted to a modest vocabulary of enrichment, such as the incised wavy line, the chevron and the rope.; Messages urging the faithful to renounce their sins and warning them of the punishment awaiting them in hell were depicted in vivid forms. The struggle for the human soul between the forces of Good and Evil was a frequent theme of font iconography. As fonts were prominently positioned in the churches and were an object of veneration and respect, they were particularly suitable for transmitting moral lessons through images which could be understood even by the illiterate. Mr Drake's work fills a significant gap in medieval historiography. He has personally examined almost all the fonts which are described in the text, enabling him to correct many misdescriptions by earlier scholars, who often had to rely on the observations of others,
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Summary, etc and also to update the available information about the present state of surviving fonts. His lists of fonts, his bibliography and the extensive illustrations to support his often detailed descriptions will be invaluable to future research.
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Source of description note Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Display text Print version:
Main entry heading Drake, C. S.
Title Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, The
Place, publisher, and date of publication Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, Limited,c2002
International Standard Book Number 9780851158549
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856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://ezproxy01.ny.edu.hk:2048/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ircp3g4/detail.action?docID=4949407
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