The embodied icon
liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium
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Publication
2012 - Oxford University Press, 2012., Oxford [Great Britain], England
Language
English
Word Count
84,750 words, Guess
Page Count
339 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25280608M
- ISBN-139780199592098
- ISBN-100199592098
- OCLC Control Number714724958
- Library of Congress Control Number2011277074
Classifications
- LCCBX341 .W663 2012
Alternate Titles
- Liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium
Description
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, this book relates their embroidered imagery both to the programme of images used in churches, and to the hierarchical code of dress prevailing in the imperial court.
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- Oxford studies in Byzantium
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