[PDF.17qe] Icons And Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium

Icons And Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium

[PDF.qt96] Icons And Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium

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 | #3941195 in Books |  2006-04-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  10.00 x.91 x7.00l, | File type: PDF | 302 pages

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||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Basil Juli|Extremely informative| |Icons and Power is an ambitious project, the results of which are a welcome and significant addition not only to the study of Byzantine culture and society, but more broadly to Marian studies as a whole. The book brings much-needed contour to the study of the

The Virgin Mary embodied power rather than maternal tenderness in the Byzantine world . Known as the Mother of god, she became a guarantor of military victory and hence of imperial authority . In this pioneering book, Bissera Pentcheva connects the fusion of Marian cult and imperial rule with the powers assigned to images of this All Holy woman.

Drawing upon a wide range of sources and images from coins and seals to monumental mosaics, Pentcheva demonstrates that ...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Icons And Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium   |  Bissera V. Pentcheva. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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