Complete transcription and translation of the sermon for scholarly study
Detailed historical context and comparison with Gothic cathedral portals
Examination of medieval beliefs about salvation and redemption
Analysis of rhetorical and compositional parallels between sermon and sculpture
Insight into socioeconomic conditions in Picardy at the time
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In this groundbreaking work, Stephen Murray seizes a rare opportunity to explore the relationship between verbal and visual culture by presenting a sermon that may have been preached during the second half of the thirteenth century in or near the cathedral of Notre-Dame of Amiens, whose sculptural program was completed at about the same t
