Sangallensia in Washington

The Arts and Letters in Medieval and Baroque St. Gall, viewed from the Late Twentieth Century. Edited by James C. King. Proceedings of the International conference "The arts and letters in medieval and baroque St. Gall viewed from the late twentieth century" at the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., on May 13-15, 1991. In this volume, 17 contributions by American and European scholars explore the history of the abbey, its rebuilding in the Late Baroque period, the illumination of its manuscripts, the development of Gregorian chant, the writing of original Latin texts, the cultivation of the Old High German vernacular, and the liberal arts in the abbey school. Illustrations of documents, other texts, paintings, artifacts, and buildings accompany the essays. Ample bibliographical data point both generalists and specialists to additional readings. XIII,333 Seiten mit 40 Tafeln, gebunden (Peter Lang Verlag 1994) Mängelexemplar/near mint