Strange beauty: issues in the making and meaning of reliquaries, 400-circa 1204/
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University Park, Pa.:
Pennsylvania State University Press,
c2012
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Table of Contents:
- Part II: Shaped reliquaries. Spolia and sign, metaphor and simile ; The reliquary cross ; Like and unlike metaphors ; Body-part reliquaries : heads ; Body part reliquaries : other body parts
- Part III: A gathering of saints : processions and treasuries. Reliquaries in action ; Treasuries ; Relic display ; A case study : Wibald of Stavelot as patron ; The impact of 1204, the "space" of the ark, and conclusion