VIEWING INSCRIPTIONS IN THE LATE ANTIQUE AND MEDIEVAL WORLD

EASTMOND, ANTONY

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ISBN:978-1-107-09241-9
EAN:9781107092419
Editorial: CAMBRIDGE U. P.
Fecha de la edición:2015
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:270
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/ ARTE Y CIENCIAS SOCIALES / ARTE MEDIEVAL: SIGLOS IV-XIII

Inscriptions convey meaning not just by their contents but also by other means, such as choice of script, location, scale, spatial organisation, letterform, legibility and clarity. The essays in this book consider these visual qualities of inscriptions, ranging across the Mediterranean and the Near East from Spain to Iran and beyond, including Norman Sicily, Islamic North Africa, Byzantium, medieval Italy, Georgia and Armenia. While most essays focus on Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, they also look back at Achaemenid Iran and forward to Mughal India. Topics discussed include real and pseudo-writing, multilingual inscriptions, graffiti, writing disguised as images and images disguised as words. From public texts set up on mountainsides or on church and madrasa walls to intimate craftsmen's signatures, barely visible on the undersides of precious objects, the inscriptions discussed in this volume reveal their meanings as textual and visual devices. - A new and wide-ranging approach to the study of inscriptions, focusing on writing as material culture - Brings together studies of the Christian and Islamic world - Broad scope covering the Mediterranean and Near East (Greco-Roman, Caucasian, and Iranian worlds)