Perceptions of the Body and Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and
Byzantium seeks to reveal Christian understanding of the body and
sacred space in the medieval Mediterranean. Case studies examine
encounters with the holy through the perspective of the human body
and sensory dimensions of sacred space, and discuss the dynamics of
perception when experiencing what was constructed, represented, and
understood as sacred. The comparative analysis investigates
viewers' recognitions of the sacred in specific locations or
segments of space with an emphasis on the experiential and
conceptual relationships between sacred spaces and human bodies.
This volume thus reassesses the empowering aspects of space, time,
and human agency in religious contexts. By focusing on
investigations of human endeavors towards experiential and visual
expressions that shape perceptions of holiness, this study
ultimately aims to present a better understanding of the
corporeality of sacred art and architecture. The research points to
how early Christians and Byzantines teleologically viewed the
divine source of the sacred in terms of its ability to bring
together - but never fully dissolve - the distinctions between the
human and divine realms. The revealed mechanisms of iconic
perception and noetic contemplation have the potential to shape
knowledge of the meanings of the sacred as well as to improve our
understanding of the liminality of the profane and the sacred.
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