The memory of the eyes : pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity /

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With its unique focus on the sensory dimensions of pilgrimage - especially visuality - this book widens our understanding of early Christian pilgrims and those who read their accounts.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Frank, Georgia, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 30.
Subjects:
Palladius, > Bishop of Aspuna, > -approximately 430. > Lausiac history.
Historia monachorum in Aegypto.
Lausiac history (Palladius, Bishop of Aspuna)
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > History.
Monasticism and religious orders > Egypt > History.
Monachisme et ordres religieux > Égypte > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
Monasticism and religious orders.
Egypt.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Pilgrims to the Living in Context; 2. Desert Ascetics and Distant Marvels: The Historia as Travelogue; 3. Imagined Journeys: Literary Paradigms for Pilgrimage to Holy People; 4. Pilgrims and the Eye of Faith; 5. How to Read a Face: Pilgrims and Ascetic Physiognomy; 6. Pilgrims to the Living and the Memory of the Eyes; Select Bibliography; Index.

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