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The Magi: Legend, Art and Cult
Iris Metje Manuela Beer
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Description for The Magi: Legend, Art and Cult
Hardcover. Editor(s): Straub, Karen. Num Pages: 288 pages, 215 colour. BIC Classification: AGR; HRCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 249 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1978.
The book celebrates the 850th anniversary of the arrival of the remains of The Magi, the Three Wise Men, in Cologne, the momentous event that made the cathedral city one of the major pilgrimage sites of the Middle Ages. Their remains were installed and integrated into the Shrine of the Magi reliquary, the famous work of Nicholas of Verdun and the largest reliquary in the Western world.
The Magi: Legend, Art and Cult includes works of art from the fourth to the sixteenth century, including Magi fi gures in ivory, sculptures, paintings, manuscripts and other works from Italy, ... Read more
The book celebrates the 850th anniversary of the arrival of the remains of The Magi, the Three Wise Men, in Cologne, the momentous event that made the cathedral city one of the major pilgrimage sites of the Middle Ages. Their remains were installed and integrated into the Shrine of the Magi reliquary, the famous work of Nicholas of Verdun and the largest reliquary in the Western world.
The Magi: Legend, Art and Cult includes works of art from the fourth to the sixteenth century, including Magi fi gures in ivory, sculptures, paintings, manuscripts and other works from Italy, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Hirmer Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Munich, Germany
ISBN
9783777422671
SKU
V9783777422671
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99-15
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