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Icons and power : the Mother of God in Byzantium

Title
Icons and power : the Mother of God in Byzantium / Bissera V. Pentcheva.
Author
Pentcheva, Bissera V.
Publication
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2006.

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xviii, 302 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 27 cm.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-285) and index.
Contents
Theotokos and imperial power -- Origins of the civic cult -- The Avar siege: memory and change -- In the context of war -- Icons in practice -- The Hodegetria icon and its Tuesday procession -- The Blachernai responds: the icon of the "usual miracle" -- Synthesis: imperial memorial rites at the Pantokrator.
Call Number
JQZ 12-2342
ISBN
0271025514 (clothbound : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005009595
  • 9780271025513
OCLC
58843180
Author
Pentcheva, Bissera V.
Title
Icons and power : the Mother of God in Byzantium / Bissera V. Pentcheva.
Imprint
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-285) and index.
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9780271025513
Research Call Number
JQZ 12-2342
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