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crux of the interplay of the senses. For it was in this interplay
that all lattice or sense ratio was formed that let light through.
The “literal” level which was thought to possess all the
meanings was such an interplay. “We then discover that what
we should now call exegesis, which is based on a study of the
text and of biblical history, in its widest sense, belongs to the
‘literal exposition.’”
In The Study of the Bible in the Middle Ages , Smalley cites
from Carolingian Art by R. Hinks: “It is as though we were
invited to focus our eyes not on the physical surface of the
object, but on infinity as seen through the lattice . . . ; the
object . . . exists—as it were—merely to define and detach a
certain portion of infinite space, and make it manageable and
apprehensible.” Smalley then comments (p. 2): “This
description of ‘pierced technique’ in early northern art is also an