Touching Books, Touching Art

Name: Touching Books, Touching Art
Creator: David Ganz
Keywords: 0601 history and archaeology, 06 humanities and the arts, 16. Peace & justice, 0604 arts

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Postscripts The Journal of Sacred Texts Cultural Histories and Contemporary Contexts

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Touching Books, Touching Art

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 19 Aug 2017Publisher:Equinox PublishingJournal:Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, volume 8, pages 81-113 (issn: 1743-887X, eissn: 1743-8888,

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Authors: David Ganz;

doi: 10.1558/post.32702

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This essay deals with the role of book decoration in a tactile approach to sacred texts in the Western Middle Ages. For a long time, books and artworks have been discussed as visual objects. Taking into account their intrinsic haptic qualities opens new ways to understand the contribution of the arts to the use of sacred texts in medieval Christianity.

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