FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ABBOT SUGER’S REFLECTIONS ON THE MAIN ALTAR OF SAINT-DENIS: COLORS AND GEMS, MATERIALITY AND LIGHT
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F22%3A00133976" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/22:00133976 - isvavai.cz</a>
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<a href="https://tienda.santamarialareal.org/es/productos/detalles/codex-aquilarensis-n-38-el-equipamiento-del-altar-medieval-de-la-materia-a-la-luz/743" target="_blank" >https://tienda.santamarialareal.org/es/productos/detalles/codex-aquilarensis-n-38-el-equipamiento-del-altar-medieval-de-la-materia-a-la-luz/743</a>
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN ABBOT SUGER’S REFLECTIONS ON THE MAIN ALTAR OF SAINT-DENIS: COLORS AND GEMS, MATERIALITY AND LIGHT
Original language description
Abbot Suger, in De Administratione, invites his readers to consider the precious materials adorning the altar of Saint-Denis from an allegorical perspective. His metaphors encompass the liturgical furnishings of the altar as well as the colors of its gems, stones, and precious metals. Suger also refers to matter and light, and the ascent from what is material towards what is immaterial. The “anagogic” function of polychrome gems, as described by Suger, is rooted in the neoplatonic ideas of pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, whose ideas were also the basis for John Scotus Eriugena’s concept of theophany. This article thoroughly analyzes the symbolic and allegorical language in Abbot Suger’s writings and reconnects them with the figurative language used in Medieval Latin culture: the typological, encyclopedic, and liturgical allegories, as well as metaphysical pansemiosis. Suger’s references to specific theoretical and textual passages in the writings of Eriugena and Hugh of St.Victor will be identified. Finally, an analysis will be made of the altars at Saint-Denis and related liturgical furnishings, using Suger’s descriptions, other written and figurative sources, and the few material fragments preserved. Specific attention will be paid to the allegorical interpretation of colors and precious materials, including the cryptic materia saphirorum.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60401 - Arts, Art history
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF20_079%2F0017045" target="_blank" >EF20_079/0017045: MSCAfellow4@MUNI</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
CODEX AQUILARENSIS
ISSN
0214-896X
e-ISSN
2386-6454
Volume of the periodical
38
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
ES - SPAIN
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
117-140
UT code for WoS article
001000578500006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85148220168