TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vasilakē,Maria
ED  - Mouseio Benakē.
TI  - Images of the Mother of God: perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium 
SN  - 9781351928762
AV  - BT652.B99 
U1  - 232.91 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Mary,
KW  - Marie,
KW  - Icons, Byzantine
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Icônes byzantines
KW  - Congrès
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Christology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Devotion
KW  - fast
KW  - Byzantine Empire
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
N1  - Originally published: Ashgate Publishing, 2005; Contributions to a conference held at the Benaki Museum, Athens, in October 2000; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; 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; 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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