Home Classical, Ancient Near Eastern & Egyptian Studies ›Versus ad picturas‹ – Text/Image Relation in Greek, Latin and Arabic Poetry
book: ›Versus ad picturas‹ – Text/Image Relation in Greek, Latin and Arabic Poetry
Book Open Access

›Versus ad picturas‹ – Text/Image Relation in Greek, Latin and Arabic Poetry

From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages
  • Edited by: and
  • In collaboration with:
Languages: English, French
Published/Copyright: 2026
Become an author with De Gruyter Brill

About this book

Over the last 30 years, many books, conferences and volumes have been devoted to the relationship between text and image in the Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages. But there has been little space for poetic texts, which, in addition to the direct or mediated message, also demand the attention of the analyst through the impact of the intertext of the entire Latin poetic tradition, multiplying the levels of meaning and therefore the possibilities of interpretation. In relation to the recognition of the need to consider texts (mental or written) as sources of inspiration for images, we are now in a position to take a further step by applying to medieval culture the concept of iconotext developed by Liliane Louvel (2018) for modern literature. In this vein, the Versus ad picturas conference therefore aims to contribute to the study of the relationship between the images we now call artistic, painted on walls, fabrics, stained glass or parchments, and the verses that often accompany them materially or ideally, and which are now increasingly recognised as essential to their cultural understanding and social framing, in the hope of bringing us closer to the meaning hidden in their combination and the meaning perceived by the commissioners, executors and viewers of the time.

Author / Editor information

Michele Cutino, University of Strasbourg, France; Francesco Stella, Università di Siena, Italy.

  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Part I: The Late Antique Icono-textual Communication
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Part II: The Medieval Icono-textual Communication
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Part III: Herrade de Hohenbourg
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF
  • Open Access
    Download PDF

Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
March 30, 2026
eBook ISBN:
9783112212233
Hardcover published on:
March 30, 2026
Hardcover ISBN:
9783119146272
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
12
Main content:
369
Illustrations:
49
Tables:
3
Downloaded on 21.3.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783112212233/html
Scroll to top button