Objects of the Law, Holy Images

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" Objects of the Law, Holy Images "
Caroline Simonet

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077880
Doc. No	:	LA121509
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341360‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Caroline Simonet
Title & Author	:	Objects of the Law, Holy Images [Article]\ Caroline Simonet
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2015
Volume/ Issue Number	:	27/4-5
Page No	:	361–383
Abstract	:	Affixed at the bottom of deeds, seals represent their owners’ authority by the means of a circular legend and a central image. They offer a strong ambivalence: a “seal” is a unique object—a matrix—but also the numerous identical imprints created by this matrix. This ambivalence takes on a philosophical and theological dimension around the question of the tupos. Furthermore, choices of images are not dictated by a written rule but by proprieties related to the seal owner’s status, so they may answer to precise strategies and necessities. Then the adoption of an image reveals spiritual or temporal ambitions. The recent evolution of sigillography leads to a global approach of this subject, including researchers of various special fields. The iconographic dimension of seals is less and less confined to illustrate an article or a book: it tends to become a subject of its own of visual culture studies.
Descriptor	:	clergy
Descriptor	:	France
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	image
Descriptor	:	law
Descriptor	:	middle ages
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	seal
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341360‬