The traditio legis : anatomy of an image /
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The bearded and mature figure of Christ stands majestically raising his right hand, open palm facing the viewer. In his left he holds an unfurled scroll. Saints Peter and Paul appear on either side, Peter approaching to catch or protect the dangling bookroll. This image, the so-called traditio legis, first appeared in late fourthcentury Rome in a variety of media, from the monumental to the miniature, including mosaic, catacomb painting, gold-glass and, the most numerous group, marble relief carving on sarcophagi. This monograph engages in a close reading of the traditio legis, highlighting its novelty and complexity to early Christian viewers.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9781784910822 (PDF ebook) :
Christus Medicus in der frühchristlichen Sarkophagskulptur : ikonographische Studien der Sepulkralkunst des späten vierten Jahrhunderts /
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This study deals with the representation of Christ's Healing Miracles in early Christian sepulchral art from Provence and Northern Italy. It sees the imagery through the contemporary exegetical writings and tries thus to uncover new strata of symbolic significance in early Christian art. The aim of the work is to reveal the complex theological concepts reflected in the relief decoration of a small number of late fourth-century sarcophagi and to cast thus light upon the spiritual climate of the sphere the persons who commissioned them were part of. It also links the narrative structure of representations of medical treatment and miracle scenes in ancient art with the Christian images and establishes new formal and iconographic connexions.
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1 online resource (xv, 212 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-204) and index. :
9789004313040 :
0920-623X ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Spätantike Bauskulptur aus Oxyrhynchos : lokale Produktion, äussere Einflüsse /
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One folded leaf of plates (v. 1).
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Bonn, 1999. :
2 volumes : illustrations ; 32 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages 167-172) and index (v. 1). :
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