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845052
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Images of the Mother of God : : perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium /\ edited by Maria Vassilaki.
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY :: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, 2016.
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1 online resource :: illustrations
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1351928759
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: 1351928767
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: 9781351928755
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: 9781351928762
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0754636038
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9780754636038
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| Notes
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Contributions to a conference held at the Benaki Museum, Athens, in October 2000.
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Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2005.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Isis and Mary in early icons / Thomas F. Mathews and Norman Muller -- 2. The enigmatic Coptic Galaktotrophousa and the cult of the Virgin Mary in Egypt / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- 3. Icons and sites : cult images of the Virgin in mediaeval Rome / Gerhard Wolf -- 4. Theotokos and Logos : the interpretation and reinterpretation of the sanctuary programme of the Koimesis Church, Nicaea / Charles Barber -- 5. The Virgin as the true Ark of Covenant / Michel van Esbroeck -- 6. The Theotokos in Byzantine hymnography : typology and allegory / Christian Hannick -- 7. Use and abuse of the 'image' of the Theotokos in the political life of Byzantium (with special reference to the iconoclast period) / Nike Koutrakou -- 8. From poetry to liturgy : the cult of the Virgin in the Middle Byzantine era / Niki Tsironis -- 9. Exchanging embrace : the body of salvation / Ioli Kalavrezou -- 10. The symbolism of the censer in Byzantine representations of the Dormition of the Virgin / Maria Evangelatou -- 11. The Portaitissa icon at Iveron monastery and the cult of the Virgin on Mount Athos / Kriton Chryssochoidis -- 12. The empress and the Virgin in early Byzantium : piety, authority and devotion / Liz James -- 13. Female piety in context : understanding developments in private devotional practices / Brigitte Pitarakis -- 14. The eyes of the Mother of God / Robin Cormack; -- 15. Zoe's lead seal : female invocation to the Annunciation of the Virgin / Vasso Penna.
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16. Byzantine domestic art as evidence for the early cult of the Virgin / Henry Maguire -- 17. The 'activated' icon : the Hodegetria procession and Mary's Eisodos / Bissera V. Pentcheva -- 18. Picturing the spiritual protector : from Blachernitissa to Hodegetria / Christine Angelidi and Titos Papamastorakis -- 19. The image of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege : two questions concerning its origin / Natalia Teteriatnikov -- 20. The cult of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege at Mistra / Rhodoniki Etzeoglou -- 21. The Virgin, the Christ-child and the evil eye / Vassiliki Foskolou -- 22. Praying for the salvation of the empire? / Maria Vassilaki -- 23. Thoughts on Mary East and West / Annemarie Weyl Carr -- 24. The Kahn and Mellon Madonnas and their place in the history of the Virgin and Child enthroned in Italy and the East / Rebecca W. Corrie -- 25. Representations of the Virgin in Lusignan Cyprus / Sophia Kalopissi-Verti -- 26. The legacy of the Hodegetria : holy icons and legends between East and West / Michele Bacci -- 27. A Byzantine icon of the dexiokratousa Hodegetria from Crete at the Benaki Museum / Nano Chatzidakis.
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I. Early cult and representations -- II. The theology of the Theotokos -- III. Female authority and devotion -- IV. Public and private cult -- V. Between East and West.
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Mary,Devotion to-- Byzantine Empire
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Mary
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Icons, Byzantine, Congresses.
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Devotion.
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Icons, Byzantine.
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RELIGION-- Christian Theology-- Christology.
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Byzantine Empire, Religious life and customs, Congresses.
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Byzantine Empire.
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| Dewey Classification
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232.91
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BT652.B99
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| Added Entry
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Vasilakē, Maria
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Mouseio Benakē.
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