Inscribing faith in late antiquity : between reading and seeing / Sean V. Leatherbury.
ISBN
9780429280672 electronic book
042928067X electronic book
9781000023336 electronic book EPUB
1000023338 electronic book EPUB
9781000023190 electronic book
1000023192 electronic book
9781000023268 electronic book Mobipocket
1000023265 electronic book Mobipocket
9781472459183 hardcover alkaline paper
042928067X electronic book
9781000023336 electronic book EPUB
1000023338 electronic book EPUB
9781000023190 electronic book
1000023192 electronic book
9781000023268 electronic book Mobipocket
1000023265 electronic book Mobipocket
9781472459183 hardcover alkaline paper
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
©2020
©2020
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource.
Dizi
Image, text, and culture in classical antiquity
İçindekiler Notu
Material texts -- Framing texts, framing belief -- Ekphrasis and experience -- Embedding texts into images -- Embedded prayers -- Reading and seeing faith.
Özet, vb.
Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity considers the Greek and Latin texts inscribed in churches and chapels in the late antique Mediterranean (c. 300-800 CE), compares them to similar texts from pagan, Jewish, and Muslim spaces of worship, and explores how they functioned both textually and visually. These texts not only recorded the names and prayers of the faithful, but were powerful verbal and visual statements of cultural values and religious beliefs, conveying meaning through their words as well as through their appearances. In fact, the two were intimately connected. All of these texts - Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and pagan - acted visually, embracing their own materiality as mosaic, paint, or carved stone. Colourful and artfully arranged, the inscriptions framed human relationships with the divine, encouraged responses from readers, and made prayers material. In the first in-depth examination of the inscriptions as words and as images, the author reimagines the range of aesthetic, cultural, and religious experiences that were possible in spaces of worship. Inscribing Faith in Late Antiquity is essential reading for those interested in Roman, late antique, and Byzantine material and visual culture, inscriptions and other texts, and religious life in the ancient Mediterranean.
Konu
Architectural inscriptions __ Mediterranean Region __ History __ To 1500.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural __ Mediterranean Region __ History __ To 1500.
Writing and art __ Mediterranean Region __ History __ To 1500.
Mosaics, Ancient __ Mediterranean Region.
Church decoration and ornament __ Mediterranean Region.
Jewish decoration and ornament __ Mediterranean Region.
Islamic decoration and ornament __ Mediterranean Region.
HISTORY / General __ bisacsh
Decoration and ornament, Architectural __ Mediterranean Region __ History __ To 1500.
Writing and art __ Mediterranean Region __ History __ To 1500.
Mosaics, Ancient __ Mediterranean Region.
Church decoration and ornament __ Mediterranean Region.
Jewish decoration and ornament __ Mediterranean Region.
Islamic decoration and ornament __ Mediterranean Region.
HISTORY / General __ bisacsh
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