Art and worship in the insular world : : papers in honour of Elizabeth Coatsworth / / edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Maren Clegg Hyer.

A monastic artist with an unusual enthusiasm of male buttocks and genitalia; a nun bringing her spinning equipment from her home in the south to her new convent in the north; the riddle of a carved archer bearing a book instead of arrows; a bishop's ring hiding in its design symbols of the esse...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Other title:Frontispiece --
Preliminary material --
Copyright page --
Foreword /
Elizabeth (Betty) Coatsworth: Her Life and Times /
The Published Work of Elizabeth Coatsworth --
Illustrations --
Tables --
Contributors --
Introduction /
Chapter 1 Figurative Art in the Book of Kells: Absurd Anatomies, See-through Tunics, and Diverse Hairstyles /
Chapter 2 The Art of Looking Good: Hair and Beauty Remedies in Early Medieval Texts and Contexts /
Chapter 3 Dress and Undress, Real and Unreal, in the Drawings of Harley Psalter Artist F /
Chapter 4 Adorning Medieval Life: Domestic and Dress Textiles as Expressions of Worship in Early Medieval England /
Chapter 5 In Search of Hild: A Review of the Context of Abbess Hild's Life, Her Religious Establishment, and the Relevance of Recent Archaeological Finds from Whitby Abbey /
Chapter 6 Embroidery on Spin-Patterned Linen in the 6th to 9th Centuries /
Chapter 7 The Embroidered Fragments from the Tomb of Bishop William of St Calais, Durham: An Analysis and Biography /
Chapter 8 Framing Fragmentation: (Re)Constructing Anglo-Saxon Sculpture /
Chapter 9 The Thread of Ornament /
Chapter 10 A Newly Identified Anglo-Saxon Sculpture in Great Chalfield Church, Wiltshire /
Chapter 11 The Company They Keep: Scholarly Discussion, 2005-2020 of the Original Settings for the Poems in the Dream of the Rood Tradition /
Chapter 12 Bishop Acca's Portable Altar: Authentic Relic or Twelfth-Century Hexham Fiction? /
Chapter 13 The Hereford Gospels Reappraised /
Select Bibliography --
Index of Bible References --
Index of Manuscripts --
General Index.
Summary:A monastic artist with an unusual enthusiasm of male buttocks and genitalia; a nun bringing her spinning equipment from her home in the south to her new convent in the north; the riddle of a carved archer bearing a book instead of arrows; a bishop's ring hiding in its design symbols of the essential aspects of the Christian faith: these are some of the secrets of early medieval personal and public worship uncovered in this book. In tribute to a scholar who is herself a polymath of early medieval studies, these chapters explore approaches which have particularly engaged her: stone sculpture; text; textiles; manuscript art; metalwork; and archaeology. With a brief foreword by Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp. Contributors are Richard N. Bailey, Michelle P. Brown, Peter Furniss, Jane Hawkes, David A. Hinton, Maren Clegg Hyer, Catherine E. Karkov, Alexandra Lester-Makin, Christina Lee, Donncha MacGabhann, Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Frances Pritchard, and Penelope Walton Rogers.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004467513
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Maren Clegg Hyer.