Medieval Allegory and the Building of the New Jerusalem
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Abbey Church of St-Denis
allegorical representation
ANN R. MEYER
architecture
Augustine's theology
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Bede's exegesis
building
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chantry movement
City of God
Claremont McKenna College.
conceptual foundations
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Hebrew Bible
liturgy
medieval England
New Jerusalem
patristic writings
Pearl
Plotinus
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- ISBN 9780859917964
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 04 Dec 2003
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as realised in architecture and literature, especially Pearl.
This book investigates the concept of the New Jerusalem, the City of God, as an architectural ideal during the middle ages, and the way in which it is represented allegorically in patristic writings, liturgy, building, and later literature. The author begins by examining its conceptual foundations in such sources as the Hebrew Bible, Bede's exegesis, the religious philosophy of Plotinus, and Augustine's theology. She then explores the influence and the expression of the New Jerusalem in liturgy and architecture, using the twelfth-century remodelling of the Abbey Church of St-Denis and its dedication liturgy to show how the building serves as an eschatological and apocalyptic landscape. The chantry movement in late medieval England is situated in this context, and leads to a demonstration of the movement's associations with the highly-wrought poem Pearl and its companion poems; the book analyses Pearl as medieval architecture, offering fresh perspectives on its elaborate construction and historical context.
ANN R. MEYER teaches in the Department of Literature, Claremont McKenna College.
