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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title ; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication ; Table of contents ; List of illustrations ; List of color plates ; Acknowledgments ; Note to the reader ; List of abbreviations ; Introduction ; I. ; II. ; III. ; 1 From composition to performance: epigrams in context |
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Why verse? Epigrams and the power of logos Verses on the page: epigrams in the manuscript record ; Patrons, poets, artists ; Epigrams and the viewer/reader ; 2 The patron's ''I'' ; Between praise and prayer: the patron in the dedicatory epigram ; The patron says ''I'' |
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Performed identities, crafted selves 3 Kosmos ; What is kosmos? ; Kosmos, matter, and the sacred ; Cladding/clothing ; 4 Golden words ; Script as ornament ; Verses in space ; Labyrinths and crosses: figured epigrams ; Logikos kosmos ; 5 Devotional gifts |
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Toward a typology of devotional gifts Gifts, prayers, and memory ; Paradoxical exchange ; 6 The erotics of devotion ; Of gifts and love ; Defining pothos ; Personal patronage and the rhetoric of pothos ; 7 Image of the beloved ; Affective images |
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Adornment, desire, and the relational self Epithets ; Pothos portrayed ; Conclusion ; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Using epigrammatic poetry as a framework, investigates the interplay between art and religious devotion in the later Byzantine period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 11, 2016) |
| Subject |
Arts and society -- Byzantine Empire
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Arts and religion -- Byzantine Empire
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Identity (Psychology) in art.
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Epigrams, Byzantine.
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ART -- General.
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Arts and religion
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Arts and society
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Epigrams, Byzantine
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Identity (Psychology) in art
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Kunst
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Frömmigkeit
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Epigramm
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Bild
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Inschrift
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Byzantine Empire
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Byzantinisches Reich
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781316657843 |
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1316657841 |
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9781316584989 |
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1316584984 |
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9781316656440 |
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1316656446 |
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1316657493 |
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9781316657492 |
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1316606090 |
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9781316606094 |
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