Portable Prototypes: Canterbury Badges and the <i>Thomasaltar</i> in Hamburg

Pilgrims’ badges often depicted works of art located at a cult center, and these cheap, small images frequently imitated monumental works. Was this relationship ever reversed? In late medieval Hamburg, a painted altarpiece from a Hanseatic guild narrates the life of Thomas Becket in four scenes, two...

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Main Author: Jennifer Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Arts
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/10/3/51