HIGHWAYS OF THE FAITH Relics and Reliquaries 1983 HB w/DJ FREE Shipping

52 color photographs

74 black and white photographs "

" Contents

Foreword

Introduction
The Enlightened Ones
Relics, Routes, Reliquaries

I The Traffic in Relics and Art Investments
Missions: A Vocation to Travel
The Real Treasure: Relic, Gold, or Art?
The Tributes of Islam
Caravans, Armies, and Maritime Trade

II Comings and Goings from the Atlantic to the Red Sea
The Aachen-Rome and Rome-Jerusalem Axes:
Crusades and Diplomatic Missions
From East to West: Martyria and Icons
The Sack of Constantinople
Greece: Defeat and Rebirth

III The Precious Arts, Instruments of Politics in the West
and Near East, 1150-1250
Histories and Accounts
Holy Treasure
Loans and Profits in the Maritime Republics
Transfers of Forms

IV The Gothic Heyday, 1250-1350: A Western Triumph
Shifts of Function
From 'Presentation' to 'Representation'
A Spiritual Upsurge
The Implosion of Art

V An Anthropology of Art, Silver, and Gold
The Architect
The Saint
The King
The Republic

Conclusion: The Precursors of the Renaissance
The Doctor and the Archaeologist

Epilogue: Processions, Oaths, and Pilgrimages

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography "

This book is very good condition with only minor edgewear to the cover.
The dust jacket is in good condition with some normal edgewear.
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No markings or writing.