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ISBN10: 0754636038, ISBN13: 9780754636038, [publisher: Ashgate, Aldershot] Hardcover First Edition 4to. pp xxxii, 383. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering at spine. ISBN: 0754636038 Fine in fine dust jacket.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 0754636038, ISBN13: 9780754636038, [publisher: Ashgate, Aldershot] Hardcover First Edition 4to. pp xxxii, 383. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering at spine. ISBN: 0754636038 Fine in fine dust jacket.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

Aldershot, England: Ashgate, Date: 2007. Hardbound. VG/VG, slight curve to top front corner.. Black paper on boards; gold and brown illustrated dust jacket with yellow lettering; xxxii, 383 pp. 24 color plates, many additional images in black and white. In English. A collection of writings examining the art surrounding the cult of the Virgin Mary during the Byzantine period in the context of wider historical, textual, liturgical, and social issues. "...complements the successful exhibition and catalogue of the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It embraces the disciplines of theologians and philologists, as well as art historians, traditional and feminist historians and social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but to scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for comparative materials in their own work." -- book jacket. 2007. Ashgate ISBN 0754636038 9780754636038 [US]

ISBN10: 0754636038, ISBN13: 9780754636038, [publisher: Ashgate Publishers, Aldershot] Hardcover First Edition Images of the Mother of God Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium,edited by Maria VassilakiFully-illustrated in colour and black and white, Images of the Mother of God complements the successful exhibition and catalogue of the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It brings together the work of leading international authorities and younger scholars to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the 'Theotokos' was perceived in the Byzantine world. It embraces the disciplines of theologians and philologists, as well as art historians, traditional and feminist historians and social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but to scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for comparative materials in their own work. Contents : Foreword, Angelos Delivorrias; Preface, Maria Vassilaki; Introduction, Averil Cameron; Early Cult and Representations: Isis and Mary in early icons, Thomas Mathews and Norman Muller; The enigmatic Coptic Galaktotrophousa and the cult of the Virgin Mary in Egypt, Elizabeth Bolman; Icons and Sites. Cult images of the Virgin in Mediaeval Rome, Gerhard Wolf; Theotokos and Logos: the interpretation and reinterpretation of the Sanctuary programme of the Koimesis Church, Nicaea, Charles Barber. The Theology of the ...