Title: Trinity and incarnation in Anglo-Saxon art and thought
First published: 1997
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.
Subjects: History of doctrines, Trinity, Religious life and customs, Art, Incarnation in art, Incarnation, Religious life and custom, Trinity in art, Great britain, religion
Places: Great Britain
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500
LC classification: BT109 .R38 1997