Christian art in oriental literatures
Subtitle: Greek, Syriac and Coptic sources from the 4th to the 7th century
By: Tomasz Polański
Series: Grazer Beiträge : Zeitschrift für Klassische Altertumswissenschaft. Supplementband -- xv; Grazer Beiträge -- 15.
Publisher: F. Berger u. Söhne
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Salzburg-Horn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism; Sources; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-221) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Mysteries of Byzantine painting and mosaic decoration: the Church of St. Sergius in Gaza; title: The landscapes of earthly and heavenly paradise: the Church of St. Stephen in Gaza; title: Christian images in ancient and modern theological and academic controversies; title: The icons and Acheiropoietoi images of Christ; title: Icons of the Virgin Mary: a scarcity of literary traditions and pictorial evidence; title: Icons of the Apostles, martyrs and ascetics: the remnants of the flourishing original tradition; title: Images and church decoration: what did the Eastern Church interiors look like?; title: The three young men in the furnace in the Coptic sermon by Theophilus of Alexandria; title: The anonymous Syriac hymn on the Cathedral of Edessa; title: Pagan divinities and Christian symbols: the Tabula mundi by John of Gaza.