The Lateran Church in Rome and the Ark of the Covenant: Housing the Holy Relics of Jerusalem - With an Edition and Translation of the Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae (Bav Reg. Lat. 712)

An examination of the tradition that the Ark of the Covenant was held in a Roman church, and how it developed.

List of contents

Prologue
Introduction
The Description of the Lareran Church
In the Roman Context
In the Northern French Context
In the Jerusalem Context
The Temple of the New Covenant
Nikolaus Maniacutius and John the Deacon
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Manuscripts transmitting the Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae
Appendix 2: Different Versions of the Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae
Appendix 3: Edition and Translation of the Descriptio Lateranensis Ecclesiae (Reg. lat. 712)
Bibliography

About the author

Eivor Andersen Oftestad

Product details

• Authors: Eivor Andersen Oftestad
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2019
• EAN: 9781783273881
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-388-1
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Medi
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages