The Politics of Sanctity: Figurative Sculpture at Selles-Sur-Cher

by Kahn

This book introduces the importance of the eleventh-century monastery at Selles-sur-Cher (Loir-et Cher)and its early Romanesque sculpture. The frieze at Selles is the first episodic narrative in monumental architectural sculpture to survive on the European stage. It represents a little known saint - St Eusice. The narrative draws on a surviving text - the Miracula Sancti Eusicii Confessoris written by Letaldus of Micy, a prolific local hagiographer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912554364
• ISBN13: 9781912554362
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Harvey Miller
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.1" x 11.2"