Palavra-sagrada-letra-idolatrada : uma análise sociológica da sacralização da e...

• Author(s): Reis, Jorge dos, 1971-
• Date: 2014
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/12350
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
• Subject(s): Códice Calixtino; Escrita; Tipografia; Arte medieval; Iluminura; Caligrafia; Design gráfico
• Document Type: Article
• Language: Portuguese

Description

The sacralization of the letter and writing, their idolatry in the western typography and eastern calligraphy, call for an analysis of sociology that takes us to the paths that lead to Santiago de Compostela and its sanctuary. The letter and writing are used by religions as a receptacle of the message, as a visual representation of typography, as exemplified by the illuminated manuscripts and the Latin calligraphy in the Codex Calixtino, organized into five heterogeneous books