Translating truth
Subtitle: ambitious images and religious knowledge in late medieval France and England
By: Aden Kumler
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Haven [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780300164930
Subjects: Illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages; Image (Theology); Communication in art; Christian art and symbolism; Communication; Church history; Christianity and art
Other titles: Ambitious images and religious knowledge in late medieval France and England
Description: "Translating Truth is a novel and compelling account of how illuminated vernacular manuscripts transformed conceptions of Christian excellence in the later Middle Ages. Following the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), which legislated a broad pastoral outreach to the laity, new forms of religious instruction played a decisive role in the lives of Christians throughout Europe. For royal and aristocratic laypeople, luxury manuscripts of spiritual instruction made sacred truths and religious knowledge accessible-and authorizing-as never before. In this beautifully illustrated book, Aden Kumler examines how manuscript paintings collaborated and, at times, competed with texts as they translated the rudiments of Christian belief as well as complex theological teachings to new audiences on both sides of the English Channel. In the illuminations in these books, Kumler argues, elite laypeople were offered an ambitious vision of spiritual excellence and a greater role in the pursuit of their salvation." -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Note on transcriptions and translations; title: Introduction; title: From necessary truths to spiritual ambitions; title: Translating the Modus confitendi; title: Translating the Eucharist; title: Translating the cloister; title: Conclusion.