The Allegory of the Church
Verse inscriptions in stone appeared in abundance on the façades of Romanesque churches in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Marking the place where medieval worshippers were transported from secular to sacred space, portal verse inscriptions provide important, and often overlooked, insights into the dynamic function of the portals and their art.
The Allegory of the Church is the first full-lengt...
Verse inscriptions in stone appeared in abundance on the façades of Romanesque churches in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Marking the place where medieval worshippers were transported from secular to sacred space, portal verse inscriptions provide important, and often overlooked, insights into the dynamic function of the portals and their art.
The Allegory of the Church is the first full-lengt...
