Frühchristliche Reliquiare im Kontext von Kultstrategien, Heilserwartung und sozialer Selbstdarstellung
By: Anja Kalinowski
Series: Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz : Reihe B, Studien und Perspektiven -- Bd. 32; Spätantike, frühes Christentum, Byzanz -- Bd. 32.
Publisher: Reichert Verlag
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Wiesbaden
Language: ger
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9783895007941
Subjects: Cults; Early Christian Art; Reliquaries; Christian art and symbolism; Social aspects; Antiquities; History
Description: 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 production of reliquaries, the individual user groups, and their influence on the design of the vessels are shown. Special focus is given to the question of the relationship between form and function of the relics. The study touches on foundations of many disciplines that deal with the early Christian cult of relics (art history, Christian archeology, history, theology, religious studies, etc.).
Notes: Thesis (doctoral) -- Universität Basel, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-222) and index.