Trinity and incarnation in Anglo-Saxon art and thought
This book is a study of the theology of the Trinity as expressed in the literature and art of the late Anglo-Saxon period. It examines the meaning of the representations of the Trinity in tenth- and eleventh-century English manuscripts and their relationship to Anglo-Saxon theology, and to earlier debates about the legitimacy of representation of the divine. The book's unifying theme is that of the image: the image of the Trinity in the human soul; Christ, the perfect image and visible form of the invisible God; redemption as the restoration of the imperfect human image to its original likeness through contemplation of its divine archetype; prayer as an anticipation of the contemplation of heaven, and art as a form of contemplation. The book, which contains a selection of black-and-white illustrations, will be of interest to art historians, theologians and literary scholars alike
Print Book, English, 1997
Cambridge University Press, Camgridge [England], 1997
works of art
x, 221 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780521553711, 0521553717
34958667
1. 'At this time, which is the ending of the world'
2. 'If anyone wishes to be saved'
3. God made visible
4. Signs and images
5. God in history
6. Christ, the icon of God
7. Symbols of the divine
8. Art, prayer and the vision of God