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.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2015
توصيف ظاهري
361-383
عنوان
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
شماره جلد
27/4-5
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
1570-0682
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اصطلاح موضوعی
clergy
اصطلاح موضوعی
France
اصطلاح موضوعی
General
اصطلاح موضوعی
image
اصطلاح موضوعی
law
اصطلاح موضوعی
middle ages
اصطلاح موضوعی
Religious Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
seal
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