Donor portraits in Byzantine art : the vicissitudes of contact between human and divine / Rico Franses, American University of Beirut.

1 The History and Problematic of the Donor Portrait; 2 On Meaning in Portraits: The Knot of Intention and the Question of the Patron's Share; 3 Awaiting the End after the End: Sin, Absolution, and the Afterlife; 4 Exchange and Non-Exchange: The Gift between Human and Divine; 5 The Literal, the Symbolic, and the Contact Portrait: On Belief in the Interaction between Human and Divine
Postscript: The Problem of Terminology Again: Donor Portraits and Contact Portraits.