Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium: Image as Exegesis in the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus Contributor(s): Brubaker, Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521621534 ISBN-13: 9780521621533 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1999 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - Art | Techniques - Calligraphy - Language Arts & Disciplines |
Dewey: 745.674 |
LCCN: 97043385 |
Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 12" (0.62 lbs) 568 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book centers on the copy of the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus produced in Constantinople around 880 for the emperor Basil I as a gift from the patriarch Photios. The manuscript includes forty-six full page miniatures, most of which do not directly illustrate the text they accompany, but instead provide a visual commentary. Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium deals with how such communication worked, and examines the types of messages that pictures could convey in ninth-century Byzantium. |