Dictionary of the Middle Ages
Title | Dictionary of the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph R. Strayer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 525 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Middle Ages |
ISBN | 9780684167602 |
Medieval Practices of Space
Title | Medieval Practices of Space PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara A. Hanawalt |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Civilization, Medieval |
ISBN | 9781452904672 |
The contributors to this volume cross disciplinary and theoretical boundaries to read the words, metaphors, images, signs, poetic illusions, and identities with which medieval men and women used space and place to add meaning to the world.
Light and Colour in Byzantine Art
Title | Light and Colour in Byzantine Art PDF eBook |
Author | Liz James |
Publisher | |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
This is the first book to investigate the place of color in Byzantine art. By engaging the issue on both a technical level--how colors were made, what colors were available--and a perceptual level--how these colors were seen and described--James offers a new approach to the study of color in art history. Including sixty-four color illustrations, most never before published, James's study offers a unique view of the details of Byzantine art.
Augustine and the Catechumenate
Title | Augustine and the Catechumenate PDF eBook |
Author | William Harmless |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 504 |
Release | 2014-12-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0814663397 |
As one of the most influential thinkers in Christian history, St. Augustine (354–430) had a flair for teaching and meditated deeply on the mysteries of the human heart. This study examines a little-known side of his career: his work as a teacher of candidates for baptism. ln the revised edition of this seminal book, both the text and notes have been revised to better reflect the state of contemporary scholarship on Augustine, liturgical studies, and the catechumenate, both ancient and modern. This edition also includes new findings from some of the recently discovered sermons of Augustine and incorporates new perspectives from recent research on early Christian biblical interpretation, debates on the Trinity, the evolution of the liturgy, and much more. This reconstruction of Augustine’s catechumenate provides fresh perspectives on the day-to-day life of the early church and on the vibrancy and eloquence of Augustine the preacher and teacher.
Byzantine Mosaic Decoration
Title | Byzantine Mosaic Decoration PDF eBook |
Author | Otto Demus |
Publisher | Acls History E-Book Project |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2006-02-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781597402781 |
The Complete Works
Title | The Complete Works PDF eBook |
Author | Pseudo-Dionysius |
Publisher | Digireads.com |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2021-07-06 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781420973587 |
Known as the "Corpus Areopagiticum", this collection of works was falsely attributed by its author as being written by Dionysius the Areopagite, a first century AD Athenian convert of Paul the Apostle mentioned in Acts 17:34. Because of this erroneous attribution great attention was given by early Christian scholars, most notably the late 13th and early 14th century scholar Meister Eckhart. Sometime in the 15th century it came to light that this collection of works was most likely the work of some anonymous late 5th or early 6th century author, who has subsequently been referred to as Pseudo-Dionysius. While this reattribution has diminished the "Corpus Areopagiticum" importance in Christian literature the collection still holds an important interest among scholars because of a renewed interest in the huge impact of Dionysian thought on later Christian thought. Included in this collection is the complete "Corpus Areopagiticum", which includes the following individual works: "Divine Names", "Mystic Theology", "Heavenly Hierarchy", "Ecclesiastical Hierarchy", and "Letters of Dionysius the Areopagite". This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translations of John Parker.
The Sensual Icon
Title | The Sensual Icon PDF eBook |
Author | Bissera V. Pentcheva |
Publisher | Penn State University Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Icons |
ISBN | 9780271035833 |
Explores the Byzantine aesthetic of fugitive appearances by placing and filming art objects in spaces of changing light, and by uncovering the shifting appearances expressed in poetry, descriptions of art, and liturgical performance.