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The embodied icon [[electronic resource] ] : liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium / / Warren T. Woodfin



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Autore: Woodfin Warren T Visualizza persona
Titolo: The embodied icon [[electronic resource] ] : liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium / / Warren T. Woodfin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
Disciplina: 247
Soggetto topico: Christianity and art - Orthodox Eastern Church
Art, Byzantine
Idols and images in art
Liturgics - Turkey - Istanbul
Sacramentals - Turkey - Istanbul
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Liturgical vestments in the Orthodox Church -- pt. 2. Liturgical vestments in Byzantine society.
Sommario/riassunto: 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
Titolo autorizzato: The embodied icon  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-180830-X
1-280-59415-2
9786613623980
0-19-161860-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996206499203316
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Serie: Oxford studies in Byzantium.