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The Light Of The Middle Ages, David Duwal
The Light Of The Middle Ages, David Duwal
Undergraduate Student Scholarship – History
This essay presents a description of three medieval candlesticks as well as an argument about their purposes other than for holding candles. It explores the symbolic and religious nature of medieval design, especially in regard to the natural and bestial. Accompanying is a digital exhibition of the three candlesticks that includes close-up images of the details discussed in the essay.