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EVANGELIARIES IBD

ANGELICO PRESS
11 / 2024
9798892800600
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Sinopsis

An evangeliaryáwas a book ofáonly those portionsáof the Gospel,áActs of the Apostles, and Old Testamentátexts that would be read at a Mass on a particularáSunday or a Holy Day. These books were extremely ornate, using rich colors, gold bindings, artful calligraphy, and highlyáemblematic covers. Among those emblems were, not surprisingly, drawings of the four evangelists whose Gospels were to be read, cathedrals, crosses and Marian symbols, and even portraits ofáprinces who sponsored and donated these beautiful books. The practice of preparing these books dates back to the fourth century and reached its artisticápeak in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. These holy books of the Gospels inspired this present book of poems, each of which isáanchored in or alludes to a Biblical image, figure, parable, place, or trope.