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Author:   John A. Cotsonis
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   1085
Weight:   0.790kg
ISBN:  

9780367346966

ISBN 10:   0367346966
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   31 March 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Introduction; Part 1: IMPERIAL & PATRIARCHAL SEALS; 1. To Invoke or Not to Invoke the Image of Christ on Byzantine Lead Seals – That is the Question; 2. The Imagery of Patriarch Methodios I’s Lead Seals and the New World Order of Ninth-Century Byzantium; 3. The Imagery of Patriarch Ignatios’ Lead Seals and the Rota Fortunae of Ninth-Century Byzantine Ecclesio-Political Policies; 4. A Seal of Patriarch Nicholas II; Part 2: VARIOUS RARE IMAGES OF THE VIRGIN ON SEALS; 5. The Virgin with the 'Tongues of Fire' on Byzantine Lead Seals; 6. The Virgin & Justinian on Seals of the Ekklesiekdikoi of Hagia Sophia; 7. The Virgin Aigyptia (the Egyptian) on a Byzantine Lead Seal of Attaleia; 8. The Image of the Virgin Nursing (Galaktotrophousa) and a Unique Inscription on the Seals of Romanos; 9. The Virgin Lysiponos (""The Deliverer from Pain"") on a Byzantine Lead Seal and the Transformation of a Marian Epithet; Part 3: NARRATIVE SCENES ON SEALS; 10. Narrative Scenes on Byzantine Lead Seals (Sixth-Twelfth Centuries): Frequency, Iconography, and Clientele; 11. An Early Byzantine Lead Seal with the Image of the Incredulity of Thomas"

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John A. Cotsonis is Director of the Archbishop Iakovos Library at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, a Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and a Byzantine art historian specializing in the iconography of Byzantine lead seals. He is the author of Byzantine Figural Processional Crosses which is regarded as the standard work on the subject.

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