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Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, Images of the Mother of God complements the successful exhibition 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 art historians, archaeologists, traditional and feminist historians, as well as theologians, philologists and social anthropologists. Images of the Mother of God will appeal not just to those interested in Byzantine art and culture, but also to scholars of Western Europe in the Middle Ages who are looking for comparative materials in their own work.
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Index
Aaron, prophet 63, 65
abandonment, of children 15
abbots, seals of 175–6
Abraham, prophet 64
Abydos 78
Acre 309
acronym 254n
acrostic 69, 137, 242
Acts of John 3
Acts of St Marina of Antioch 83
Acts of Thomas 253n
Adam 73, 185, 283
Agathias 169–70
Akathistos hymn xxviin, xxviii, xxxi, 78, 79, 84, 85, 105, 120, 209n, 212, 216, 217, 223, 326, Figs 18.9–10
akolouthia see liturgy
Albania 328
Scutari 328n
Alexios I Komnenos, emperor 162n, 214, 230, 324
Alexios V Doukas, emperor 216
allegory 69, 73, 75, 76, 78
allusion 78
Ambrose, St xxviii
Ambrosi, Georgian nobleman 134
Amon 5
ampulla (pilgrim flask) 159n, 185, 229
amulets 157, 177, 178, 189, 255, 256, 257n, 258n
Anargyroi, Sts 244; see also Kosmas, Damianos, saints, healing
Anastasia, empress 149
Anastasia, owner of a ring 154
Anastasia Pharmakolytria, St 309
Anastasios, Patriarch 86
Anastasios I, emperor 63, 68, 149, 176n
Anastasios of Sinai 72, 169
Andrew, St, in Crisi 84
Andrew of Crete 92, 121
Andrew the Fool, St 308–9
Andronikos I Komnenos, emperor 156
Andronikos II Palaiologos, emperor 216, 225, 227, 228, 232, 233, 236, 239, 241, 244n, 298
Andronikos III Palaiologos, emperor 216
Anemas, Manuel 161n
Angeloi, family 155, 175
lead seals of 175n
angels 3, 4, 37, 40, 51, 64, 66, 78, 119, 120, 184, 185, 198, 200, 201, 211, 232, 240, 241, 245, 254, 283n, 295, 298, 322, 325, 341, 343, 348, P...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- I Early cult and representations
- II The theology of the Theotokos
- III Female authority and devotion
- IV Public and private cult
- V Between East and West
- Epilogue
- Index