Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art - Revised Edition (Paperback, Revised edition)

"Early Byzantine Pilgrimage Art" explores the portable artifacts of eastern Mediterranean pilgrimage from the fifth to the seventh century, presenting them in the context of contemporary pilgrims texts and the archaeology of sacred sites. The book shows how the iconography and devotional piety of Byzantine pilgrimage art changed, and it surveys the material and social culture of pilgrimage. What did these early religious travelers take home with them and what did they leave behind? Where were these sacred souvenirs manufactured and what was their purpose? How did the images imprinted upon many of them help realize that purpose? The first edition of this pathbreaking book, published in 1982, established late antique pilgrimage and its artifacts as an important topic of study. In this revised, enlarged version, Gary Vikan significantly expands the narrative by situating the miraculous world of the early Byzantine pilgrim within the context of late antique magic and pre-Christian healing shrines, and by considering the trajectory of pilgrimage after the Arab conquest of the seventh century.

General

Imprint:	Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection
Release date:	February 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Gary Vikan
Dimensions:	241 x 204 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
Edition:	Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-88402-358-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Religious subjects depicted in art Promotions
LSN:	0-88402-358-3
Barcode:	9780884023586

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