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Overview"A fresh interpretation of an enigmatic illumination and its contexts. The Ashburnham Pentateuch is an early medieval manuscript of uncertain provenance, which has puzzled and intrigued scholars since the nineteenth century. Its first image, which depicts the Genesis creation narrative, is itself a site of mystery; originally, it presented the Trinity as three men in various vignettes, but in the early ninth century, by which time the manuscript had come to the monastery at Tours, most of the figures were obscured by paint, leaving behind a single creator. In this sense, the manuscript serves as a kind of hinge between the late antique and early medieval periods. Why was the Ashburnham Pentateuch's anthropomorphic image of the Trinity acceptable in the sixth century, but not in the ninth? This study examines the theological, political, and iconographic contexts of the production and later modification of the Ashburnham Pentateuch's creation image. The discussion focuses on materiality, the oft-contested relationship between image and word, and iconoclastic acts as ""embodied responses"". Ultimately, this book argues that the Carolingian-era reception and modification of the creation image is consistent with contemporaneous iconography, a concern for maintaining the absolute unity of the Trinity, as well as Carolingian image theory following the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy. Tracing the changes in Trinitarian theology and theories of the image offers us a better understanding of the mutual influences between art, theology, and politics during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer Awes Freeman (Person)Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: The Boydell Press Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9781783276844ISBN 10: 1783276843 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 22 March 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: Latin Table of ContentsIntroduction: Losing and Finding the Ashburnham Pentateuch 1. Early Trinitarian Texts and Debates 2. The Trinity in Early Christian Images 3. Carolingian Conceptions of the Trinity 4. Carolingian Image Theory 5. The Carolingian Reception of the Ashburnham Pentateuch Conclusion: Possible Motivations for the Ashburnham Pentateuch Erasures[TS1] Coda: The Afterlife [TS2] of the Ashburnham PentateuchReviewsAuthor InformationJennifer Awes Freeman is Assistant Professor and Program Director of Theology and the Arts at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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