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Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity,
2213-0039 ;
VOLUME 11
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Texts and studies in Eastern Christianity.
2213-0039 ; VOLUME 11.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Introduction. Preceding the Ascetic Type: Earliest Images of the Virgin Annunciate Spinning; 1. The Protevangelium of James: A Contemporary Apocryphum; 2. Methodological Considerations; 3. Patristic Considerations; Chapter 1. The Roots and Precedents: Lanam Fecit; 1. Catacombs of Priscilla, Cubiculum P-the First Annunciation; 1.1. Ancient Goddesses from Eastern Mesopotamia and Egypt; 1.2. Greek and Roman Goddesses; 2. Spinning and Roman Public Display: Minerva and Domitian's Forum Transitorium; 3. Spinning in Legend |
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3.1. Helen of Troy3.2. Penelope; 3.3. Arete; 3.4. Lucretia; 4. Spinning Iconography amongst Elites and Non-elites in Roman Society; 4.1. Livia Drusilla, an Elite Model; 4.2. Spinning in Non-elite Practice: Spinning, Marriage, and Roman Continuity; 5. The Attributes of Virtue: Spinning in Proverbs and the Jewish Tradition; 6. Conclusions; Chapter 2. The Maiden; 1. The Domestic Cult of Mary: Imitatio Mariae and Spinning a Sacred Conversation; 2. Mary the Maiden; 3. Annunciation Iconography and the Domestic Cult of Mary; 4. Maiden's Tools: Sacred, Profane, Mundane |
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5. The Maiden Imaged as the Ascetic6. Marian Devotion as Counter-ascetic; 7. Proclus and the Constantinopolitan Tradition of Imitatio Mariae; 7.1. Proclus and the Empress Pulcheria; 8. Imitatio Mariae and the Syriac Tradition of the Domestic Annunciation; 9. Conclusions: Work as a Sacred Conversation and a Life Pleasing to God; Chapter 3. The Matron; 1. Marriage Art and Marriage Rings; 2. The Annunciation as Privileged Iconography: Ring Descriptions; 3. The Fifth-Century Legal Context and Family Life; 4. The Paraphernalia of Married Fertility and Early Church Councils |
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5. Children, "An Inheritance of the Lord"6. Conclusions; Chapter 4. The Household; 1. Women in Purple: Privileged Patronage; 1.1. HELENA MATER; 1.2. Aelia Flavia Flaccilla; 1.3. Galla Placidia; 1.4. Eudoxia; 1.5. Pulcheria; 1.6. Athenais Eudocia; 1.7. Anicia Juliana; 2. Women in Linen and Wool: Domestic Piety and Patronage; 3. Late Antique Textiles and the Domestic Sphere; 4. Textile Patronage in Panopolis; 5. The Abegg-Stiftung "Mary Silk"; 6. A Linen Burial Cloth from the Victoria and Albert Museum; 7. Later Comparative Textiles |
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8. Burial Garments and the Threshold of Death9. Conclusions; Chapter 5. Memorial; 1. Comparisons from the Grave: Other Roman Catacombs; 2. The Pignatta Sarcophagus; 2.1. The Sarcophagus in Detail; 3. Patristics in Ravenna; 4. Attitudes toward Death and Salvation; 5. Phrygian Tombstones; 6. Conclusions; Conclusion. The Virgin Annunciate Spinning: A Matronly Model, "In Whom All Opposites are Reconciled"; 1. Santa Maria Maggiore; 2. Final Thoughts; Bibliography; Index |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Annunciation -- Art.
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Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint. |
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Spinning in art.
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Spinning in art. |
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Christian art and symbolism -- Themes, motives.
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Christian art and symbolism -- Themes, motives. |
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Christian art and symbolism. |
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Electronic books.
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Art.
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Art.
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Print version: Gines Taylor, Catherine. Late antique images of the Virgin Annunciate spinning. Boston : Brill, 2018 9789004346758 (DLC) 2017061184 |
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9789004362703 (electronic book) |
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9004362703 (electronic book) |
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9789004346758 (hardback) ; alkaline paper) |
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