3. Word And Image In Christian Rituals
Gerard Rouwhorst
This chapter contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between verbal and visual elements in Christian liturgical rituals, changes that this has undergone past. One author's main concerns is complex various signs symbols, both non-verbal, particularly words images. The draws largely on non-historical disciplines, such as cultural social anthropology, philosophy language semiotics. It attempts apply point departure crucial period history western liturgy, early Middle Ages, Merovingian Carolingian era. was traditions city Rome were introduced northwestern Europe, process which entailed an increasing emphasis especially dimensions celebrations. Keywords: era; rituals; image; traditions; Rome; elements; word
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