ENGLISH

Earthly Treasures: Material Culture and Metaphysics in the Heptameron and Evangelical Narrative (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures)

By Catharine Randall

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
1557534497, 9781557534491, 9781435641013
Open Library ID
OL8600761M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2694559 bytes)
Pages
354\365
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Earthly Treasures maps the presence, position and use in the narrative of a variety of material objects in Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron. There is a wide selection of objects, ranging from tapestries with scripture passages woven into the borders, fine arts paintings, chalices incised with proverbs, emblems, table linens, copies of Bibles or manuscripts, clothing, masks, stage props, jewelry, furniture and foodstuffs. Although the presence of such material objects seems paradoxical, given the scriptural mandate to disregard things of this world, and to "store up treasure", rather, in heaven, Marguerite found license to use such objects both in the Bible and in the daily life-oriented and artifact-studded sermons and writings collected in the Table Talk of Martin Luther.

Similar books