Earthly Treasures: Material Culture and Metaphysics in the Heptameron and Evangelical Narrative (Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures)

Earthly Treasures Maps The Presence, Position And Use In The Narrative Of A Variety Of Material Objects In Marguerite De Navarre's Heptameron. There Is A Wide Selection Of Objects, Ranging From Tapestries With Scripture Passages Woven Into The Borders, Fine Arts Paintings, Chalices Incised With Proverbs, Emblems, Table Linens, Copies Of Bibles Or Manuscripts, Clothing, Masks, Stage Props, Jewelry, Furniture And Foodstuffs. Although The Presence Of Such Material Objects Seems Paradoxical, Given The Scriptural Mandate To Disregard Things Of This World, And To Store Up Treasure, Rather, In Heaven, Marguerite Found License To Use Such Objects Both In The Bible And In The Daily Life-oriented And Artifact-studded Sermons And Writings Collected In The Table Talk Of Martin Luther. --publisher Description. Introduction. Objects Of Desire: Reading The Material World Metaphysically In Marguerite De Navarre's Heptaméron -- Telling Tableaux And Textual Resurrections: Marguerite De Navarre And The Evangelical Narrative -- Evangelical Dimensions In Decorative Arts: Emblems, Earthly Objects, And The Economy Of Transcendence -- A New Medium For A New Message: Evangelicals And Decorative Arts -- Of Tableware, Chalices, And Axeheads: The Evangelical Narrative And Transitory Treasures -- The Evangelical Narrative: Des Périers, Du Fail, And Yver -- Earthly Treasures: Marguerite's Mondain Monstrances -- Costuming The Christiform Text; Or, L'habit Ne Fait Pas Le Moine -- Interior Decoration And External Trappings: Space For The Spirit -- Conclusion. From Self To Soul: Treasures Of The Heart. Catharine Randall. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 333-344) And Index. Maps the presence, position and use in the narrative of a variety of material objects in Marguerite de Navarre's ""Heptameron"". This work includes a selection of objects, ranging from tapestries with scripture passages woven into the borders, fine arts paintings, chalices incised with proverbs, emblems, table linens, and more.