John A. Cotsonis

The Religious Figural Imagery of Byzantine Lead Seals II (eBook, ePUB)

Studies on Images of the Saints and on Personal Piety

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The articles republished in this volume are ground-breaking studies that employ a large body of religious figural imagery of Byzantine lead seals ranging from the 6th to the 15th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000028713
• Artikelnr.: 58843469

Autorenporträt

John A. Cotsonis is the Director of the Archbishop Iakovos Library at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, a Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and a Byzantine art historian specializing in the iconography of Byzantine lead seals. He is the author of Byzantine Figural Processional Crosses which is regarded as the standard work on the subject.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part 1: SAINTS' IMAGES ON SEALS; 1. Saints & Cult Centers: A Geographic & Administrative Perspective in Light of Byzantine Lead Seals; 2. An Eleventh-Century Seal with a Representation of Patriarch Antony II Kauleas; 3. The Contribution of Byzantine Lead Seals to the Study of the Cult of the Saints (Sixth-Twelfth Century); 4. 'What Shall We Call You, O Holy Ones?' (Martyrikon Automelon, Plagal 4^th): Images of Saints and Their Invocations on Byzantine Lead Seals as Means of Investigating Personal Piety (6^th-12^th Centuries); 5. Choired Saints on Byzantine Lead Seals & Their Significance (Sixth-Twelfth Centuries): A Preliminary Report; 6. An Image of Saint Nicholas with the 'Tongues of Fire' on a Byzantine Lead Seal; Part 2: SPHRAGISTIC IMAGERY AND PERSONAL PIETY; 7. Onomastics, Gender, Office and Images on Byzantine Lead Seals: A Means of Investigating Personal Piety; 8. Religious Figural Images on Byzantine Lead Seals as a Reflection of Visual Piety during the Iconoclastic Controversy