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New York Cruciform Lectionary
Author | : Jeffrey C. Anderson |
Publsiher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0271043156 |
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For elegance and beauty, the Constantinopolitan scribes set standards rarely surpassed. The Gospel lectionary was among the books that attracted the most enthusiastic attention of scribes, illuminators, and their patrons. As an important liturgical item, the lectionary was often exquisitely decorated. The subject of this study, the lectionary in the Pierpont Morgan Library, is unusual even among such luxury manuscripts because its scribe laboriously copied every page of text in the shape of a cross. It is one of just three such manuscripts made in Constantinople around the middle of twelfth century, and it is the only one that contains narrative illustration. Jeffrey Anderson provides a full description of the manuscript, and he has translated and indexed its calendar of saints. Each of the miniatures is reproduced, described, and discussed, and Anderson relates some scenes to versions found in other Byzantine lectionaries and Gospels. The illustrations are attributed to two illuminators, and in a separate chapter Anderson situates their contributions with regard to the ruling, writing, and illumination of the pages. He also relates, through style, the cruciform lectionaries to dated twelfth-century monuments to establish their place in the history of Byzantine art.
The New York Cruciform Lectionary
Author | : Jeffrey C Anderson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:892465097 |
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Performing the Gospels in Byzantium
Author | : Roland Betancourt |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2021-05-13 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781108491396 |
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Tracing the Gospel text from script to illustration to recitation, explores the ritual and architectural context of illuminated manuscripts.
The Jaharis Gospel Lectionary
Author | : John Lowden |
Publsiher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 9781588393432 |
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Until 2008 the Jaharis Lectionary was a hidden treasure: an illuminated Byzantine manuscript that was almost entirely unknown, even to scholars. Superbly preserved, it is arguably the most important Byzantine work to come to the Metropolitan Museum's renowned collection since the 1917 gifts of J. Pierpont Morgan. It represents the apogee of Constantinopolitan craftsmanship around the year 1100.In this important study, John Lowden, a leading expert on Byzantine manuscripts, discusses his discoveries about this extraordinary manuscript within the broader context of Byzantine book illumination. He traces the book's history from its acquisition to its production in Constantinople. By detailed analysis and comparison, the author shows how the manuscript was made for use in the patriarchal church of Hagia Sophia.
Between Constantinople and Rome
Author | : Kathleen Maxwell |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2016-12-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781351955843 |
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This is a study of the artistic and political context that led to the production of a truly exceptional Byzantine illustrated manuscript. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, codex grec 54 is one of the most ambitious and complex manuscripts produced during the Byzantine era. This thirteenth-century Greek and Latin Gospel book features full-page evangelist portraits, an extensive narrative cycle, and unique polychromatic texts. However, it has never been the subject of a comprehensive study and the circumstances of its commission are unknown. In this book Kathleen Maxwell addresses the following questions: what circumstances led to the creation of Paris 54? Who commissioned it and for what purpose? How was a deluxe manuscript such as this produced? Why was it left unfinished? How does it relate to other Byzantine illustrated Gospel books? Paris 54's innovations are a testament to the extraordinary circumstances of its commission. Maxwell's multi-disciplinary approach includes codicological and paleographical evidence together with New Testament textual criticism, artistic and historical analysis. She concludes that Paris 54 was never intended to copy any other manuscript. Rather, it was designed to eclipse its contemporaries and to physically embody a new relationship between Constantinople and the Latin West, as envisioned by its patron. Analysis of Paris 54's texts and miniature cycle indicates that it was created at the behest of a Byzantine emperor as a gift to a pope, in conjunction with imperial efforts to unify the Latin and Orthodox churches. As such, Paris 54 is a unique witness to early Palaeologan attempts to achieve church union with Rome.
The Glory of Byzantium
Author | : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) |
Publsiher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art, Byzantine |
ISBN | : 9780870997778 |
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Serves as both visual and textual record of the exhibition of the same name, surveying the art of the Middle Byzantine period from the restoration of the use of icons by the Orthodox Church in 843 to the occupation of Constantinople by the Crusader forces from the West from 1204 to 1261. Conceived as a sequel to the 1976 exhibition "Age of Spirituality," which focused on the first centuries of Byzantium. Preceding the catalogue, 17 essays treat the historical context, religious sphere, and secular courtly realm of the empire, and the interactions between Byzantium and other medieval cultures. Abundantly illustrated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Language in the Visual Arts
Author | : Leslie Ross |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2014-05-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781476616254 |
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This book discusses text and image relationships in the history of art from ancient times to the contemporary period across a diversity of cultures and geographic areas. Focusing on the use of words in art and words as art forms, thematic chapters include "Pictures in Words/Words in Pictures," "Word/Picture Puzzles," "Picture/Word Puzzles," "Words as Images," "The Power of the Word," and "Monumental and Moving Words." Chapter subsections further explore cross-cultural themes. Examining text and image relationships from the obvious to the elusive, the puzzling to the profound, the minor to the major, the book demonstrates the diverse ways in which images and writing have been combined through the ages, and explores the interplay between visual and written communication in a wide range of thought-provoking examples. A color insert is included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
The Cambridge History of Christianity Volume 5 Eastern Christianity
Author | : Michael Angold,Frances Margaret Young,K. Scott Bowie,Margaret Mary Mitchell,Augustine Casiday,Stewart Jay Brown,Thomas F. X. Noble,Julia M. H. Smith,Cambridge University Press,Miri Rubin,R. Po-chia Hsia,Timothy Tackett,Sheridan Gilley,Hugh McLeod,Brian Stanley |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 592 |
Release | : 2006-08-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780521811132 |
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This volume encompasses the whole Christian Orthodox tradition from 1200 to the present. Its central theme is the survival of Orthodoxy against the odds into the modern era. It celebrates the resilience shown in the face of hostile regimes and social pressures in this often-neglected period of Orthodox history.