Reading the Way to the Heavenly Jerusalem in the Book of Armagh
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Jackson, Eleanor
Date published
2021
Abstract
This paper examines the series of text-image devices found in the Book of Armagh (Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 52), at the explicit to the Gospel of John (fol. 103r), the tituli to the Book of Revelation (fol. 159v), and the Revelation explicit (fol. 170r), to suggest how the manuscript might originally have been used in meditative reading. By setting them in the context of early medieval monastic spirituality and contemplative practices, it explores how these devices might present the reading of scripture as a path to salvation.
Journal title
Peritia
Volume
32
ISSN
0332-1592
eISSN
2034-6506
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