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Materializing the word
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Materializing the word
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Ottonian treasury bindings and viewer reception
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Fisher
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Susannah D.
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1982-
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Susannah Fisher
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Erik
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Laura
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Laura Weigert
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McHam
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Sarah Blake
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Sarah Blake McHam
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Hahn
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Cynthia J
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Cynthia J Hahn
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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2012
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2012
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Ornately bound gospel books served as the centerpieces of liturgical and imperial ceremonies throughout early eleventh-century Germany. This project is the first examination of Ottonian treasury bindings as a discrete type and explores the ways in which these covers negotiated the complex relationships between viewers and the Word of God. A cross-disciplinary approach that draws on reception theory, aesthetics, history, liturgical studies, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience is used to provide a new model for working with liturgical objects once dismissed as primarily decorative. Chapter 1 introduces the six case studies of the project: the Codex Aureus of Echternach (Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum); the Reichenau Gospels (Munich, Clm 4454); the Pericopes of Henry II (Munich, Clm 4452); the Uta Codex (Munich, Clm 13601); the Theophanu Gospels (Essen, Münsterschatz); and the Aachen Covers (Domschatz). The second chapter explores the traditions of early medieval cover design, which Ottonian creators copied and adapted. I propose that the patrons and artists of the treasury bindings utilized visual formulae in order to efficiently communicate with audiences. Chapter 3 begins with a reconstruction of the Easter liturgy of Bamberg Cathedral, and then examines the other ceremonies in which treasury bindings were used to establish the original viewing contexts of the covers. Further situating the covers, the chapter ends with an exploration of the role of luxury bindings in the collections of religious institutions and elite patrons. The final chapter explores the Ottonians’ relationship to the written word, and offers an innovative analysis of how treasury bindings captured viewer attention and functioned in a performative context. To highlight how precious materials shaped viewer reception, the chapter reconciles a variety of medieval statements about the function and meaning of such materials with the findings of modern neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists. I demonstrate that Ottonian artists exploited innate and learned responses to different visual elements, such as reflective materials, centralized compositions, and the human face, in order to attract viewer attention. These visually captivating covers then reflected and amplified the spoken words of the liturgy and provided visual exegesis about the contained scripture.
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Art History
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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xiii, 327 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Susannah D. Fisher
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Art, Ottonian--Germany
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD doctoral
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Fisher
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Susannah
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2012-01-06 09:24:32
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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2012-07-03
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2014-07-31
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after July 31, 2014.
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