Trinity and incarnation in Anglo-Saxon art and thought
By: Barbara C. Raw.
Series: Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;; 21
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Camgridge [England]; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Trinity -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Incarnation -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Trinity -- Art.; Incarnation in art.; Great Britain -- Religious life and customs.
Genres: Art.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-211) and index.