Between Statues and Icons : : Iconic Persons from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages / / Vladimir Ivanovici.
This book argues that Romans credited certain living persons with the capacity to function as cult statues, that is, as images and vessels of the divine. After addressing the cultural context that produced the idea that humans can become images of the divine, the text shows how emperors, bishops, an...
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| Superior document: | Contexts of Ancient and Medieval Anthropology Series ; Volume 5 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Paderborn, Germany : : Brill Schöningh,, [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Contexts of ancient and medieval anthropology ;
Volume 5. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (275 pages) :; illustrations. |
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