Christianity

Monogrammkapitelle

Die justinianische Bauskulptur Konstantinopels als Textträger

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In this study, the capital series of the Hagia Sophia, the Sergios and Bakchos Churches and the Irene Church are systematically examined for the first time. In addition, the founder epigrams of the Sergios and Bakchos Churches as well as …

The Mosaics of Roger II in Sicily

Visualizing Sacred Authority

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The ideas for this book emerged in direct eye contact with the mosaics on the scaffolds of the Cappella Palatina and the Martorana in Palermo and the Cathedral of Cefalù. With their mosaic programs, the three buildings embody unprecedented new …

The Creation of the Illustrated Octateuch

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The illustrated Octateuch is among the most complex creations of the Middle Byzantine period. The Septuagint text of the first eight books of the Old Testament contains hundreds of miniatures in addition to a dense commentary, notes with variant readings, …

Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte 8-2021

Imaginum orbis. Bilderwelten zwischen Spätantike und Byzanz. Festschrift anlässlich des 80. Geburtstags von Johannes G. Deckers

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This book is a commemorative publication on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Johannes G. Deckers, former professor of Byzantine art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. The volume brings together a total of 18 contributions by …

Martyrdom in Literature

Visions of Death and Meaningful Suffering in Europe and the Middle East from Antiquity to Modernity

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This book aims to achieve a deeper understanding of the very human phenomenon of martyrdom by analysing in detail its highly varied re-enactments in European and Middle Eastern literatures. Despite its divergent historical, religious, philosophical or political circumstances, there does …

Die liturgischen Orte im Wandel der Zeit

Taufe – Beichte – Abendmahl – Predigt

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From antiquity to the present, the theological and art-historical development of the places where the sacraments of baptism, confession and the Lord's Supper are administered and the sermon is presented on 300 pages and with over three hundred images. The …

Der frühchristliche Kirchenraum

Ikonographie – Ausstattung – Liturgie

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Die Architektur des Kirchenbaus ist zunächst eine leere Hülle. Hier wird für die frühchristliche Zeit der Versuch unternommen, diesen Raum mit seiner bildlichen und liturgischen Ausstattung zu füllen, um darin Gottesdienst zu feiern. Anhand archäologischer Zeugnisse und altkirchlicher Quellen wird …

Christliche Archäologie compact

Ein topographischer Überblick. Europa – Asien – Afrika

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“Christian archaeology compact” is the first overview of the whole of the archaeological places and certifications of this discipline. The framework extends geographically from the British islands to Ethiopia and from Morocco to China and temporally from 1. to the …

Die Christianisierung der spätrömischen Welt

Stadt, Land, Haus, Kirche und Kloster in frühchristlicher Zeit

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Nachdem die Christliche Archäologie jahrzehntelang ihr Interesse auf die Wechselbeziehung zwischen den großen Kunstzentren und den Provinzen sowie die Bautypologie gerichtet hat, greift dieses Buch andere Phänomene auf. Es umfasst die Christianisierung und Umnutzung von Städten, Landschaften, Gebirgen und Wüsten. …

Byzanz, der Westen und das »wahre« Kreuz

Die Geschichte einer Reliquie und ihrer künstlerischen Fassung in Byzanz und im Abendland

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Seit der legendären, früh mit Kaiserin Helena in Verbindung gebrachten Auffindung des Passionskreuzes Christi in Jerusalem, gehören Reliquien des so gennanten ‚wahren‘ Kreuzes zu den heilsgeschichtlich bedeutendsten Objekten der Christenheit. Gegenstand des vorliegenden Buches ist die Geschichte dieser in Byzanz …

Die Johanneskirche in Ephesos

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Die Kirche Johannes des Theologen in Ephesos gehört zu den bedeutendsten Sakralbauten der Spätantike. Kaiser Justinian I. ließ sie um die Mitte des 6. Jahrhunderts als mächtige Kreuzkuppelbasilika nach dem Vorbild der Apostelkirche von Konstantinopel errichten. Die vorliegende Baumonographie untersucht …

The Apse, the Image and the Icon

An Historical Perspective of the Apse as a Space for Images

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This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods. Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the Christian apse image: on the one hand …

Das Buch und die vier Ecken der Welt

Von der Hülle der Thorarolle zum Deckel des Evangeliencodex

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Starting with a detailed iconographic analysis of the four angles (gammadia) placed in the four corners of the book covers gifted by the Lombard queen Theodelinda to the basilica San Giovanni in Monza (ca. 600 a. D.) the study tries …

Capital continuous

A Study of Vandal Carthage and Central North Africa from an Archaeological Perspective

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The Vandal period in North Africa has aroused the interest of historians since long as an intermediate period in late antique North Africa, spanning over much of the fifth and the early sixth centuries until the Vandal kingdom was conquered …

Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung

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This study for the first time provides a comprehensive analysis of early Christian reliquaries in the context of their meaning and various uses. Taking into account all documented provenances and written sources on the cult of relics, basic conditions of …

monumenta sanctorum

Rom und Mailand als Zentren des frühen Christentums: Märtyrerkult und Kirchenbau unter den Bischöfen Damasus und Ambrosius

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This study compares the building projects, written and epigraphical testimonies, and performative actions of two outstanding figures among fourth century bishops, Damasus and Ambrosius. These monumenta sanctorum worked as catalysts of the emerging cult of the martyrs. Moreover, the different …

»Christus und die minnende Seele«

An Analysis of Circulation, Text, and Iconography

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The late medieval verse dialogue ‘Christus und die minnende Seele’ portrays the journey of the soul as the bride of Christ toward mystical union in a series of 20 to 24 individual scenes. This study provides for the first time …

Das unverrückbar Heilige – Jerusalems Loca Sancta in der Kreuzfahrerzeit

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Jerusalem's immovable loca sancta - the places sanctified by Christ's presence - were last fundamentally remodelled in the Crusader period, adapting them to the demands of the new age. This new approach resulted from a combination of innovation and historicity, …

Mitteilungen zur Spätantiken Archäologie und Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte

Identity and cultural exchange in ancient Cilicia: New results and future Perspectives Internationales Kolloquium 18. – 19. Mai 2018 in München

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The publication on Rough Cilicia "Identity and cultural Exchange in Ancient Cilicia: New Results and Future Perspectives" combines the results of a workshop held at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in May 2018. It contains a series of individual studies that …