The embodied icon : liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium /
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 ves...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [Great Britain] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in Byzantium.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxv, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191618604 0191618608 9781280594151 1280594152 9780191808302 019180830X |