A companion to Byzantine illustrated manuscripts / / edited by Vasiliki Tsamakda.
This volume offers an overview of Byzantine manuscript illustration, a central branch of Byzantine art and culture. Just like written texts, illustrations bear witness to Byzantine material culture, imperial ideology and religious beliefs, as well as to the development and spread of Byzantine art. I...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017. ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Companions to the Byzantine World
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (622 pages) :; color illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1 The Use and Function of Illustrated Books in Byzantine Society / Jean-Michel Spieser and Nicholas Marinides
- 2 The Study of Byzantine Illustrated Manuscripts since Kurt Weitzmann: Art Historical Methods and Approaches / Ioli Kalavrezou and Courtney Tomaselli
- 3 Codicology and Palaeography / Sofia Kotzabassi
- 4 Scientific, Medical and Technical Manuscripts / Stavros Lazaris
- 5 Historical Writings / Vasiliki Tsamakda
- 6 Homeric Epics / Maria Laura Tomea Gavazzoli
- 7 Barlaam and Ioasaph / Marina Toumpouri
- 8 The Alexander Romance / Nicolette S. Trahoulia
- 9 The Vatican Epithalamion / Cecily Hennessy
- 10 The Complete Bible / Elisabeth Yota and Saskia Caroline Dirkse
- 11 The Book of Genesis / Markos Giannoulis
- 12 The Joshua Roll / Vasiliki Tsamakda
- 13 The Octateuch / Mika Takiguchi
- 14 The Vatican Book of Kings (*Vat. gr. 333) / Ioli Kalavrezou
- 15 The Book of Job / Justine M. Andrews
- 16 The Prophet Book / Mika Takiguchi
- 17 New Testament Imagery / Annemarie Weyl Carr
- 18 Illustrated Byzantine Gospel Books / Kathleen Maxwell
- 19 The Lectionary / Elisabeth Yota and Saskia Caroline Dirkse
- 20 Psalters and Books of Hours (Horologia) / Georgi R. Parpulov
- 21 Liturgical Scrolls / Vasileios Marinis
- 22 Synaxaria and Menologia / Nancy P. Ševčenko
- 23 The Akathistos Hymn / Elina Dobrynina and Patricia Donegan
- 24 The Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus / Leslie Brubaker
- 25 The Homilies of John Chrysostom / Vasiliki Tsamakda
- 26 The Homilies of Iakovos of the Kokkinobaphou Monastery / Kallirroe Linardou
- 27 The Christian Topography of Kosmas Indikopleustes / Maja Kominko
- 28 The Heavenly Ladder / Maria Evangelatou
- 29 Sacra Parallela (*Par. gr. 923) / Maria Evangelatou
- 30 The Dogmatic Panoply / Georgi R. Parpulov
- General Bibliography / Vasiliki Tsamakda
- General Index / Vasiliki Tsamakda
- Index of Manuscripts / Vasiliki Tsamakda
- Illustrations / Vasiliki Tsamakda.