Studies on the cult of relics in Byzantium up to 1204 / John Wortley
- Author:
- Wortley, John
- Published:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate/Variorum, [2009]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2009
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Series:
- Contents:
- Part 1. General: The origins of Christian veneration of body parts -- Part 2. Building the Byzantine Hoard: The Byzantine component of the relic-hoard of Constantinople -- The legend of Constantine the relic-provider -- The earliest relic-importations to Constantinople -- The 'sacred remains' of Constantine and Helena -- The wood of the True Cross -- Part 3. Icons and Relics: Iconoclasm and Leipsanoclasm: Leo III, Constantine V and the relics -- Icons and relics: a comparison -- Part 4. How the Relics Worked: Three not-so-miraculous miracles -- De latrone converso: the tale of the converted robber -- Part 5. Some Relics in Particular: The Marian relics at Constantinople -- Hagia Skepê and Pokrov Bogoroditsi: a curious coincidence -- The oration of Theodore Syncellus (BHG 1058) and the siege of 860 -- Relics of 'the friends of Jesus' at Constantinople -- The relics of Our Lord's Passion in the Russian Primary Chronicle -- Part 6. A Curious Omission: Relics and the Great Church.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780754668473 (hbk.)
0754668479 (hbk.) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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