Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New JerusalemThe concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as realised in architecture and literature, especially Pearl. This book investigates the concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as an architectural ideal during the middle ages, and the way in which it is represented allegorically in patristic writings, liturgy, building, and later literature. The author begins by examining its conceptual foundations in such sources as the Hebrew Bible, Bede's exegesis, the religious philosophy of Plotinus, and Augustine's theology. She then explores the influence and the expression of the New Jerusalem in liturgy and architecture, using the twelfth-century remodelling of the Abbey Church of St-Denis and its dedication liturgy to show how the building serves as an eschatological and apocalyptic landscape. The chantry movement in late medieval England is situated in this context, and leads to a demonstration of the movement's associations with the highly-wrought poem Pearl and its companion poems; the book analyses Pearl as medieval architecture, offering fresh perspectives on its elaborate construction and historical context. ANN R. MEYER teaches in the Department of Literature, Claremont McKenna College. |
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... Saint - Denis ( Saint - Denis , France ) 5. Chantries . 6. Pearl ( Middle English poem ) I. Title . BT93.5.M485 2003 246'.55 - dc21 2003009644 This publication is printed on acid - free paper Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury ...
... St. - Denis and the Apocalyptic Eschatology of High Gothic 69 4 The Chantry Movement : An Intimate Art of the Medieval New Jerusalem 98 III . Poetry 5 Taking Allegory Seriously : Ornament as Invitation in Pearl 6 " Þe nwe cyté o ...
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