[PDF.41pv] Icons and Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium

Icons and Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium

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 | #2089983 in Books |  2014-05-28 | Original language:English |  10.00 x.86 x7.00l, | File type: PDF | 312 pages

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||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Basil Juli|Extremely informative| ||“This is a major work. It provides a much-needed overview of the development of the cult of the Virgin in Byzantium between the fifth and thirteenth centuries. But it is much more than that, too. In its richly detailed account of how icons of the Virgin

The Virgin Mary embodied power rather than maternal tenderness in the Byzantine world. Known as the Mother of God, she became a guarantor of military victory and hence of imperial authority. In this pioneering book, Bissera Pentcheva connects the fusion of Marian cult and imperial rule with the powers assigned to images of this All Holy woman.

Drawing upon a wide range of sources and images, from coins and seals to monumental mosaics, Pentcheva demonstrates that...

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