The material aspects of medieval devotion in the Libro de los tres reyes de Oriente

Since a medieval codex is, among other things, a cultural, material object, this paper argues that the handwriting in the document ─given the primacy of vision over the other bodily senses─ has a predominantly visual significance. Based on this premise, the paper offers a study of the visual and tex...

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Author: Zubillaga, Carina
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:México
Institution:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repository:Nueva revista de Filología Hispánica
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.nrfh.colmex.mx:article/3879
Online Access:https://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/nrfh/article/view/3879
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:materiality
cultural object
medieval handwritten matrix
devotion
Libro de los tres reyes de Oriente
materialidad
objeto cultural
matriz manuscrita medieval
devoción
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Summary:Since a medieval codex is, among other things, a cultural, material object, this paper argues that the handwriting in the document ─given the primacy of vision over the other bodily senses─ has a predominantly visual significance. Based on this premise, the paper offers a study of the visual and textual aspects of manuscript K-III-4 of the Libro de los tres reyes de Oriente, and presents it as an excellent example of the material aspects of medieval devotion and of its concrete and symbolic relevance.