Studies on the Cult of Relics in Byzantium up to 1204
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Studies on the Cult of Relics in Byzantium up to 1204
Wortley, John
Taylor & Francis Ltd
09/2009
300
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Inglês
9780754668473
15 a 20 dias
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Contents: Preface, Cyril Mango; Introduction; Part 1General: The origins of Christian veneration of body parts. Part 2 Building the Byzantine Hoard: The Byzantine component of the relic-hoard of Constantinople; The legend of Constantine the relic-provider; The earliest relic-importations to Constantinople; The 'sacred remains' of Constantine and Helena; The wood of the True Cross. Icons and Relics: Iconoclasm and Leipsanoclasm: Leo III, Constantine V and the relics; Icons and relics: a comparison. Part 3 How the Relics Worked: Three not-so-miraculous miracles; De latrone converso: the tale of the converted robber. Part 4 Some Relics in Particular: The Marian relics at Constantinople; Hagia SkepA? and Pokrov Bogoroditsi: a curious coincidence; The oration of Theodore Syncellus (BHG 1058) and the siege of 860; Relics of 'the friends of Jesus' at Constantinople; The relics of Our Lord's Passion in The Russian Primary Chronicle. Part 5 A Curious Omission: Relics and the Great Church; Index.
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Contents: Preface, Cyril Mango; Introduction; Part 1General: The origins of Christian veneration of body parts. Part 2 Building the Byzantine Hoard: The Byzantine component of the relic-hoard of Constantinople; The legend of Constantine the relic-provider; The earliest relic-importations to Constantinople; The 'sacred remains' of Constantine and Helena; The wood of the True Cross. Icons and Relics: Iconoclasm and Leipsanoclasm: Leo III, Constantine V and the relics; Icons and relics: a comparison. Part 3 How the Relics Worked: Three not-so-miraculous miracles; De latrone converso: the tale of the converted robber. Part 4 Some Relics in Particular: The Marian relics at Constantinople; Hagia SkepA? and Pokrov Bogoroditsi: a curious coincidence; The oration of Theodore Syncellus (BHG 1058) and the siege of 860; Relics of 'the friends of Jesus' at Constantinople; The relics of Our Lord's Passion in The Russian Primary Chronicle. Part 5 A Curious Omission: Relics and the Great Church; Index.
