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The embodied icon : liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium

Title
The embodied icon : liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium / Warren T. Woodfin.
Author
Woodfin, Warren T. (Warren Theriot), 1974-
Publication
Oxford [Great Britain] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Description
xxxv, 339 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.
Series Statement
Oxford studies in Byzantium
Uniform Title
Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Alternative Title
Liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium
Subjects
Note
  • Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-325) and index.
Language (note)
  • In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.
Contents
Pt. 1. Liturgical vestments in the Orthodox Church. The vestments of the Byzantine Rite described -- Moving pictures : embroidered vestments and the iconography of the church interior -- Liturgical mystagogy and the embodied image -- Pt. 2. Liturgical vestments in Byzantine society. Earthly rivalry : imperial and ecclesiastical dress -- As it is in heaven : vesture and the unseen world -- Conclusions -- Appendix A. Handlist of embroidered vestments to c.1500 -- Appendix B. Embroidered vestments described in Byzantine texts -- Appendix C. Vesting prayers according to the Textus receptus of the Greek Rite.
Call Number
JQD 12-676
ISBN
  • 9780199592098
  • 0199592098
LCCN
2011277074
OCLC
714724958
Author
Woodfin, Warren T. (Warren Theriot), 1974-
Title
The embodied icon : liturgical vestments and sacramental power in Byzantium / Warren T. Woodfin.
Imprint
Oxford [Great Britain] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series
Oxford studies in Byzantium
Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-325) and index.
Language
In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.
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JQD 12-676
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