Spiritual Vegetation

Vegetal Nature in Religious Contexts Across Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Guita Lamsechi and Beatrice Trînca.

Plants and Trees in Images and Texts of the Medieval and Early Modern World. - The volume concerns premodern understandings of vegetal nature that encompass multiple semantics and perspectives. Scholars from the disparate fields of art history, literature, and religious studies present tantalizing studies of trees and plants in sacred and secular thought. With 12 contributions - 7 in english and 5 in german language - by Alice Laforêt, Hans Rudolf Velten, Franziska Wenzel et al. 336 Seiten mit 65 Abb., gebunden (Berliner Mittelalter- und Frühneuzeitforschung; Band 26/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2022) Kanten bestoßen und leicht berieben/edges somewhat bumped and slightly rubbed