Clothing the Sacred

Medieval Textiles as Fabric, Form, and Metaphor

edited by Mateusz Kapustka and Warren T. Woodfin

Book cover: Clothing the Sacred

Extent: 207 pages

Publisher: Dietrich Reimer Verlag

Subjects: Clothing & Textiles, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Textile Studies

Series volume number: 8

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2016)

ISBN: 9783942810203

Price: $38.00

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At their most basic level, liturgical vestments and textiles serve to differentiate the sacred and the profane, the clergy and the laity. Not only are they sacred objects in their own right, being consecrated to a holy use, but they point beyond themselves to historical parallels – to events in the life of Christ or to the furnishings of the Jerusalem Temple – or to anagogical symbolism of the heavenly graces.

  • Edited by Mateusz Kapustka
  • Edited by Warren T Woodfin