Materialidad de la devoción medieval en el Libro de los tres reyes de Oriente
Since a medieval codex is, among other things, a cultural, material object, this paper argues that the handwriting in the document ─given the primacy of vision over the other bodily senses─ has a predominantly visual significance. Based on this premise, the paper offers a study of the visual and tex...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Spanish |
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El Colegio de México
2023
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| Online Access: | https://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/nrfh/article/view/3879 |
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Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica |
| Summary: | Since a medieval codex is, among other things, a cultural, material object, this paper argues that the handwriting in the document ─given the primacy of vision over the other bodily senses─ has a predominantly visual significance. Based on this premise, the paper offers a study of the visual and textual aspects of manuscript K-III-4 of the Libro de los tres reyes de Oriente, and presents it as an excellent example of the material aspects of medieval devotion and of its concrete and symbolic relevance. |
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