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Vision, devotion, and self-representation in late medieval art
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"This book focuses on one of the most attractive yet poorly understood features of late-medieval manuscript illumination: the portrait of the book owner at prayer within the pages of her own prayer...
"This book focuses on one of the most attractive yet poorly understood features of late-medieval manuscript illumination: the portrait of the book owner at prayer within the pages of her own prayer-book"--
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- Creator
- Alexa Sand
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xii, 408 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 1107032229, 9781139424769, 9781107032224
- OCLC
- ocn854512624
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: self-reflection, devotion, and vision in the image of the book owner at prayer -- Saving face: the Veronica and the Visio Dei -- From Memoria to Visio: revising the donor -- Framing vision: the image of the book owner and the reflexive mode of seeing -- Domesticating devotion: body, space, and self -- Conclusion: Power and the portrait: negotiating gender