Word as Sacred Space

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1. Treasuring  the  Word:  
   The  Medieval  &  Islamic  Book  
   Michelle  P.  Brown,  “The  Book  as  
   Sacred  Space”  from  Sacred  Space,  pp.  
   43-­‐63.  
   

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2. Free  Write:    What  are  some  
   parallels  between  the  icon  
   tradiIon  and  illuminaIon  
   tradiIon?  
   

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4. Book  on  an  altar,  St.  Joseph’s  Church,  Macon,  Georgia.  
   

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5. Could  books  be  considered  “safer”  
   than  icons?    More  pure?  More  
   divine?  More  direct?  
   

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6. How  may  reading  and  wriIng  be  considered  acts  of  prayer  or  
   meditaIve?  
   

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8. A  page  from  the  canon  tables  in  the  Harley  Golden  
   Gospels,  Germany  (Aachen?),  1st  quarter  of  the  9th  
   century:  London,  BriIsh  Library,  MS  Harley  2788,  f.  11v.  
   A  page  from  the  canon  tables  in  the  Book  of  Kells,    
   How  are  books  like  architectural  spaces?    How  are  
   they  like  vessels?    How  does  this  correspond  to  the  
   believer  as  a  vessel?  
   

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12. How  is  the  word  both  accessible  and  inaccessible?    Tangible  and  intangible?  
    

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