Clothing the sacred
Subtitle: medieval textiles as fabric, form, and metaphor
By: ed. by Mateusz Kapustka and Warren T. Woodfin
Series: Textile Studies -- 8; Textile studies (Emsdetten, Germany) -- 8.
Publisher: Edition Imorde
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Emsdetten; Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9783942810203
Subjects: Medieval Textile fabrics; Clothing and dress; Religious aspects
Other titles: Medieval textiles as fabric, form, and metaphor
Description: At their most basic level, liturgical vestments and textiles serve to differentiate the sacred and the profane, the clergy and the laity. Not only are they sacred objects in their own right, being consecrated to a holy use, but they point beyond themselves to historical parallels - to events in the life of Christ or to the furnishings of the Jerusalem Temple - or to anagogical symbolism of the heavenly graces.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

8 English, 2 German contributions.