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• Title:A soul's journey : Franciscan art, theology, and devotion in the Supplicationes variae / Amy Neff.
  
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• Author/Creator:Neff, Amy, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Biblioteca medicea laurenziana. Manuscript. Pluteo 25.3.
  Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, publisher.
  
• Published/Created:Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, [2019]
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: ND3161.G46 N44 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Biblioteca medicea laurenziana. Manuscript. Pluteo 25.3.
  Franciscans--Italy--Genoa--Manuscripts.
  Franciscans--Liturgy.
  Illumination of books and manuscripts, Italian--Italy--Genoa.
  Art and religion--Italy--Genoa--History--To 1500.
  Franciscan art--Italy--Genoa.
  Art, Byzantine--Italy--Genoa.
  Devotional literature, Italian--History and criticism.
  Manuscripts, Medieval--Italy--Genoa.
  
• Description:xviii, 354 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 x 27 cm
  
• Series:Studies and texts (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies) ; 210.
  Text, image, context ; 6.
  
• Summary:"The Supplicationes variae is an extraordinary manuscript: an anthology of devotional texts and images, dated 1293 and made for use in Genoa, ending with a long series of full-page tinted drawings. This study uses the Supplicationes to explore the intersection of art and religion--not only the manuscript designer's theological premises but also the practical use of the book and its broader social and historical significance. In doing so, it provides a new perspective on Franciscans' impact on the visual arts in late medieval Italy, in particular Saint Bonaventure, whose concepts of humanity, prayer, and salvation inform text and image, style and iconography in the Supplicationes. The manuscript's artists faced the challenge of creating images that convey both complex ideas and vivid emotions; their use of models from Italy, northern Europe, and Byzantium creates a unique hybrid of eastern and western Christian cultures. Incorporating nearly 250 colour illustrations, A Soul's Journey illuminates and enlarges the scope of long-standing questions about the contributions of Byzantine art and Franciscan spirituality to cultural change preceding the Italian Renaissance."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic format.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 326-345) and indexes.
  
• ISBN:9780888442109 hardcover
  0888442106 hardcover
  9781771103893 electronic book
  1771103892 electronic book
  
• Contents:Palma dabit palmam
  The fallen world
  Vocal prayer
  Contemplative prayer
  Preludes to the passion: recognition and belief
  Through the passion to salvation
  Transitus
  The making of the manuscript
  Appendix 1: Contents of the manuscript
  Appendix 2: Prefatory poem.