Heavenly sustenance in Patristic texts and Byzantine iconography : nourished by the word / Elena Ene D-Vasilescu.
Ene D-Vasilescu, Elena, author.
2018
N8189.B9
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Title
Heavenly sustenance in Patristic texts and Byzantine iconography : nourished by the word / Elena Ene D-Vasilescu.
Author
Ene D-Vasilescu, Elena, author.
ISBN
9783319989860 (electronic book)
3319989863 (electronic book)
9783319989853
3319989855
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
N8189.B9
Dewey Decimal Classification
704.9/482
Summary
This book examines ideas of spiritual nourishment as maintained chiefly by Patristic theologians—those who lived in Byzantium. It shows how a particular type of Byzantine frescoes and icons illustrated the views of Patristic thinkers on the connections between the heavenly and the earthly worlds. The author explores the occurrence, and geographical distribution, of this new type of iconography that manifested itself in representations concerned with the human body, and argues that these were a reaction to docetist ideas. The volume also investigates the diffusion of saints' cults and demonstrates that this took place on a North-South axis as their veneration began in Byzantium and gradually reached the northern part of Europe, and eventually the entirety of Christendom.-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series
New approaches to Byzantine history and culture.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Connection Between Heavenly Nurture and Biological Sustenance in the Ancient World
Chapter 3. Other Faith Encounters and Instances of Milk Nourishment
Chapter 4. Anne's Veneration as a Part of the Cult of the Saints
Chapter 5. Patristic Texts about Saint Anne's Role as an Intercessor with Regard to the Alleviation of People's Barrenness and Healing in General
Chapter 6. St. Anne as the Prototype of a Saint Connected with Healing and Nourishing in Various Literary Sources, Including the Apocrypha
Chapter 7. Anna lactans/Galaktotrophousa Iconographic Motif Between the Twelfth and the Fourteenth Centuries
Chapter 8. The Bogomils and Iconography
Chapter 9. Conclusion.

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