The mineral and the visual precious stones in medieval secular culture Buettner, Brigitte 1959- creator VerfasserIn aut text xxu XD-US 2022 monographic eng print application xiv, 256 Seiten Illustrationen "Examines the social roles, cultural meanings, and active agency of precious stones in jeweled crowns, illustrated lapidaries, and illustrated travel accounts in the European Middle Ages"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis: Jeweled crowns, mineralized kingship. The politics of precious stones ; Inventing mineral sovereignty ; Gothic regal materiality -- Lapidary knowledge in word and image. A royal pursuit ; Optical mineralogy and lithic magic ; Of stones, sigils, and stars -- Geographies of mineral marvels, economies of mineral assets. Edenic geology and surplus ; Mineral realism in the global thirteenth century ; Networks of gem trade. Brigitte Buettner Includes bibliographical references and index Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet FID XA-DE-BW pdager DE-16 Geschichte 500-1500 gnd Gems Europe History To 1500 Crowns Europe History To 1500 Lapidaries (Medieval literature) Travelers' writings, European Edelstein Krone Lapidarium Edelsteinhandel Buchmalerei Edelstein Ästhetik Symbolik Gems--Europe--History--To 1500 Crowns--Europe--History--To 1500 Lapidaries (Medieval literature) Travelers' writings, European Europa NK5642 736/.20940902 736.20940902 KUNST LH 78760 15.30 21.92 38.30 21.97 [Rezension von: Brigitte Buettner, The mineral and the visual, precious stones in medieval secular culture] Toussaint, Gia 2023 (DE-627)1878469312 The mineral and the visual Buettner, Brigitte, 1959 - University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022 1 Online-Ressource (407 Seiten) Online-Ausgabe (DE-627)1859584101 application 9780271092508 2021061832 https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1789752256inh.htm https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1789752256rez.htm https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09250-8.html https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1789752256inh.htm https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz1789752256rez.htm https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-09250-8.html DE-627 220216 20260612204923.0 1789752256 ger