The image of Edessa /
The icon known as the Image of Edessa (and later the Mandylion) is attributed to the times of Christ, although its existence before the sixth century is a matter for debate. This book provides critical editions with versions of related texts, and an analysis of the origins, known history, possible f...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Griego Antiguo |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Medieval Mediterranean ;
v. 82. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One The Texts and Translations; 1. The Narratio de imagine Edessena; 2. The Sermon of Gregory Referendarius; 3. The Synaxarion; 4. The Synaxarion according to Iveron 797; 5. The Abgar letters recorded separately in Mount Athos manuscripts; 6. The Menaion; Plates 1-15; Part Two The Image of Edessa; 1. The Abgar Legend; 2. The Origins of the Image; 3. Edessa and Constantinople; 4. The Fourth Crusade; 5. The Image of Edessa in art; 6. What was the Image of Edessa?; 7. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.