The cross-carpet page in the Book of Durrow : the Cult of the True Cross, Adomnan, and Iona

Author

Werner, Martin

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art bulletin. 1990, Num. 2, Vol. 72, p. 174-223, 28 ill.

ISSN

0004-3079

Abstract (en)

Following discussion of the cult of the True Cross and its manifestations in Britain, relates the iconography of fols. 1v and 2r of the Book of Durrow (Dublin, Trinity College, MS 57, A.IV.5)--the cross-carpet page and the page with symbols of the Evangelists around an interlace cross--to Adomnan's De locis sanctis, arguing that the double-barred cross represents the True Cross and that the miniatures together represent a scholarly configuration of sacred areas of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Proposes that the Book of Durrow was produced at Iona, ca.685.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Manuscript illumination -- United Kingdom
• Manuscript illumination
• Great Britain
• 600-700
• Interlace
• True Cross
• Cults
• Trinity College, Library||Dublin (IRL)
• Manuscripts
• Benedictine abbey||Iona (GBR)
• Adamnan, S., ca.625-704
• Iconography
• Christian iconography
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre||Jerusalem (ISR)
• Holy Sepulcher
• Sources
• Evangelists

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Enluminure -- Royaume-Uni
• Enluminure
• Grande-Bretagne
• 600-700
• Entrelacs
• Vraie Croix
• Culte
• Trinity College, Library||Dublin (IRL)
• Manuscrits
• abbaye bénédictine||Iona (GBR)
• Adamnan, saint, v.625-704
• Iconographie
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Saint-Sépulcre (église)||Jerusalem (ISR)
• Saint-Sépulcre
• Sources
• Evangélistes

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910701-00455171

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