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Ornament as argument explores notions of ornamentation and materiality in 10th and 11th century Christian manuscript illumination. In particular, the book investigates the function and metaphoric meaning of so-called textile pages - images evoking the weave patterns of Byzantine and Islamic silk. An analysis of a broad range of objects situates textile pages in the context of medieval reading practice, visual exegesis, and worship. Based on a various theological arguments that bear on the images and the book as an object in itself, the illuminations emerge as powerful textile metaphors. These concern material approaches to scripture, textile readings of the incarnation, and the physical book as body. Ornament as argument thus contributes to a new understanding of the vital role illuminated manuscripts played in medieval material culture.

Textile fabrics --- Christian art and symbolism

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Manufacturing technologies --- Medieval [European] --- textile art [visual works] --- silk [textile] --- anno 500-1499 --- Asia