Table of Contents for Dale, T.E.A.: Relics, Prayer, and Politics in Medieval Venetia: Romanesque Painting in the Crypt of Aquileia Cathedral.

Relics, Prayer, and Politics in Medieval Venetia:
Romanesque Painting in the Crypt of Aquileia Cathedral
Thomas E. A. Dale

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Introduction 3
1 History and Hagiography: Apostolic Mission and the Patriarchal Title in Medieval Venetia 7
2 The Architectural Setting of the Relics 12
3 Byzantine and Romanesque: Painting Styles, Dating, and Meaning 21
4 The Intercessory Program 35
5 The Hagiographic Cycle and Ecclesiastical Politics 42
6 Christ's Passion and the Compassio of the Virgin: Romanesque Icons in Space 57
7 The Fictive Curtain as Allegorical Veil 66
8 Ornament as Decoration, Frame, and Bearer of Meaning 77
Conclusion 82
App. 1 Iconographic Catalogue 87
App. 2 Giandomenico Bertoli's Description of the Crypt, 30 April 1724 120
Notes 124
Bibliography 156
Index 166