Pottery, pavements, and paradise : : iconographic and textual studies on late antiquity / / by Annewies van den Hoek, John J. Herrmann, Jr.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae : Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life and Language, Volume 122
• Author: Hoek, Annewies van den.
• TeilnehmendeR: Herrmann, John J., Jr.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2013.; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 122.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (604 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Front Matter /; Introduction /; Paulinus of Nola, Courtyards, and Canthari: A Second Look /; Thecla the Beast Fighter: A Female Emblem of Deliverance in Early Christian Popular Art /; “Two Men in White:” Observations on an Early Christian Lamp from North Africa with the Ascension of Christ /; Anicius Auchenius Bassus, African Red Slip Ware, and the Church /; The Sphinx: An Egyptian Theological Symbol in Plutarch and Clement of Alexandria /; Clement of Alexandria, Acrobats, and the Elite /; Celsus’ Competing Heroes: Jonah, Daniel, and their Rivals /; Divine Twins or Saintly Twins: The Dioscuri in an Early Christian Context /; The Saga of Peter and Paul: Emblems of Catholic Identity in Christian Literature and Art /; Apocalyptic Themes in the Monumental and Minor Art of Early Christianity /; Odysseus Wanders into Late Antiquity /; Execution as Entertainment: The Roman Context of Martyrdom /; Cumulative Bibliography and Short Titles /; Indexes /; Plates /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004256938
• ISSN: 0920-623x
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Annewies van den Hoek, John J. Herrmann, Jr.

These essays on late antiquity traverse a territory in which Christian and pagan imagery and practices compete, coexist, and intermingle. The iconography of the most significant late antique ceramic, African Red Slip Ware, is an important and relatively unexploited vehicle for documenting the diversity and interpenetration of late antique cultures. Literary texts and art in other media, particularly mosaics, provide imagery that complement and enhance the messages of the ceramics. Popular entertainments, pagan cults, mythic heroes, beasts, monsters, and biblical visions are themes dealt with on the patrician and popular levels. With interpretive supplements from these diverse realms, it is possible to achieve greater insight into the life, attitudes, and thought of Late Antiquity.