Canones: The Art of Harmony The Canon Tables of the Four Gospels

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Bausi, Alessandro (editor)
Reudenbach, Bruno (editor)
Wimmer, Hanna (editor)
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English
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Abstract
Since early times Christians devised solutions for harmonizing and navigating the Four Gospels, coping with four only partly matching narratives of the Life of Christ. The most sophisticated device were the ‘Canon Tables’ attributed to Eusebius. Prefaced to the Gospels, the Tables appear since the earliest examples within finely decorated architectural frames, which became a most typical subject of late antique and medieval book art.
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https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/191585
Keywords
New Testament manuscripts; illustrated Gospels; medival art history; manuscript studies; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF1 Bibles::QRMF13 New Testaments
DOI
10.1515/9783110625844
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/
Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2020
Series
Studies in Manuscript Cultures,
Pages
258