The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium : Marian Narratives in Texts and Images - 9781108700139

Explores how the Virgin Mary's life is told in many different ways in hymns, sermons, icons, art, and other media in the Byzantine Empire before AD 1204. Argues that these narratives played a fundamental role in the development of the Marian cult from Late Antiquity onward.

• | : Thomas Arentzen (Universitetet i Oslo), Mary B. Cunningham (University of Nottingham) (Edited by)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 23, 2023
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 387 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 1108700136
• | ISBN-13: 9781108700139