Art And Devotion in Late Medieval Ireland

The authors examine the material culture of Ireland in the context of continental popular piety by situating texts, topics and artifacts within their theological, artistic and historical milieux. As a result of the multi-disciplinary approach of the contributors, wall paintings, reliquaries, stained glass, figure sculpture and vestments appear along religious poetry, hagiography and devotional literature. The text includes illustrations and color plates. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation 穢2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)