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Autore |
Woodfin Warren T |
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Titolo |
The embodied icon [[electronic resource] ] : liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium / / Warren T. Woodfin |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2011 |
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0-19-180830-X |
1-280-59415-2 |
9786613623980 |
0-19-161860-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (376 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford studies in Byzantium |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christianity and art - Orthodox Eastern Church |
Art, Byzantine |
Idols and images in art |
Liturgics - Turkey - Istanbul |
Sacramentals - Turkey - Istanbul |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. Liturgical vestments in the Orthodox Church -- pt. 2. Liturgical vestments in Byzantine society. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In spite of the Orthodox liturgy's reputation for resistance to change, Byzantine liturgical dress underwent a period of extraordinary elaboration from the end of the eleventh century onwards. As part of this development, embroideries depicting holy figures and scenes began to appear on the vestments of the clergy. Examining the surviving Byzantine vestments in conjunction with contemporary visual and textual evidence, Woodfin relates their embroidered imagery both to the program of images used in churches, and to the hierarchical code of dress prevailing in the imperial court. Both sets of vi |
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