Watts/Sensing Sacred Texts, 6. Touching Books, Touching Art

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How to Cite: Ganz, David. Touching Books, Touching Art: Tactile Dimensions of Sacred Books in the Medieval West. Sensing Sacred Texts. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 81-113 Oct 2018. ISBN 9781781795767.

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David Ganz examines the artefactual as well as documentary evidence for the ritual handling of late medieval gospel books and other liturgical books. He demonstrates how construction of the volumes intended to engage haptic perception and how the art in and on the books models the importance and significance of touching them.

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    43 KB
  • container title
    Sensing Sacred Texts
  • creator
    David Ganz
  • isbn
    9781781797426 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • rights
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • series title
    Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781797426