A Heritage of Holy Wood: The Legend of the True Cross in Text and Image
Barbara Baert
Foreword Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures Diagrams Tables Introduction 1. Helena and the Jews. The Legend Finding Cross Constantine Great, cross, Inventio crucis Judas Cyriacus legend 2. in Carolingian Romanesque art iconographic roots. Identity diversity Meuse region Rhineland twelfth century. Expansion enhancement 3. Heraclius Persians. Exaltation Exaltatio crucis. Worldviews conflict as exemplar. Loci sancti, crusades pilgrimage 4. spreading late Middle Ages Legenda Aurea Northern Germany Teutonic Order. Between Tempzin Marienwerder Southern Danube basin. Nuremberg, insignia state new formulas Netherlands. A periphery? 5. From Paradise to Golgotha. Wood typologia narratio Seth return Queen Sheba, sibyl 6. monumental programmes Italy, Switzerland (1388-ca. 1495) Italy. Tradition innovation North Alps. Neglected diverse Conclusion Epilogue Colour Plates Bibliography Photographic Index Works Names