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Living water : images, symbols, and settings of early Christian baptism /
This general survey of early Christian baptismal iconography and architecture integrates visual depictions and physical settings of baptism with textual evidence for its practice and purpose. An opening overview of pictorial art (paintings, relief sculpture, mosaics, and ivories) prompts questions a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ;
v. 105. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This general survey of early Christian baptismal iconography and architecture integrates visual depictions and physical settings of baptism with textual evidence for its practice and purpose. An opening overview of pictorial art (paintings, relief sculpture, mosaics, and ivories) prompts questions about components of the actual ritual which are treated in the literary sources. The study's second half considers selected baptismal structures, examining the symbolism, purpose, and possible meaning of their spatial design and decorative programs. In most instances the synthesis of documentary and. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 305 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004189089 9004189084 1283119978 9781283119979 |
| ISSN: | 0920-623X ; |