ARTH 2540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Middle Ages, Chiastic Structure, Toga
19 Dec 2015
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Extremely important cultural element of ireland: because it is literature rather than basic art, and irish are very interested in literature and their nation"s literary products, this book is supposedly written by god. Iona island off the western coast of present day scotland. Related to byzantine and constantinople (many connections being made in terms of style and iconography) The madonna is a unique stylistic type which descends from constantinople. Evidence of labellum figures which is representing the eucharist: cuthbert"s coffin virgin and child (dated approx. 698) bares similar resemblance to madonna and child 7v in the. Coffin is decorated with images and the images are the madonna and child. Gerald of whales described the book of kells as not a book of man but a book of angels": scholars believed that he is describing the book of kells but. Gerald of whales" documents did not specifically address the book of kells a philosopher challenged this.
