The Meditationes Vitae Christi Reconsidered

New Perspectives on Text and Image

Edited by Holly Flora Edited by Peter Toth

Book cover: The Meditationes Vitae Christi Reconsidered

Extent: 252 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Art & Art History, Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Trecento Forum

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(November 2021)

ISBN: 9782503595054

Price: $125.00

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Drawing on diverse literary traditions, the author of the fourteenth-century Meditationes Vitae Christi transformed the Gospel accounts into an emotionally charged and vivid narrative that became one of the most popular texts of the late Middle Ages. Over the past few years, new theories about the authorship, date, and original language of the text have emerged, raising new questions about this text and its impact on late medieval art and spirituality. The essays in this interdisciplinary volume examine multiple aspects of the Meditationes history, from its possible authorship to its manuscript traditions to its reflections in art.

  • Edited by Holly Flora
  • Edited by Peter Toth