Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium

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ISBN: 9780754636038 | 0754636038
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/28/2005

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Fully illustrated in colour and black and white, this volume complements the successful exhibition catalogue of the 'Mother of God' exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. It brings together the work of leading international authorities and younger scholars from many disciplines to provide a wide-ranging survey of how the Theotokos was perceived in the Byzantine world.

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

xvii

Foreword

xix

Angelos Delivorrias

Preface

xxi

Evangelos Chrysos

Acknowledgements

xxiii

Maria Vassilaki

List of Abbreviations

xxv

Introduction

xxvii

Averil Cameron

I Early cult and representations

Isis and Mary in early icons

(10)

Thomas F. Mathews

Norman Muller

The enigmatic Coptic Galaktotrophousa and the cult of the Virgin Mary in Egypt

(10)

Elizabeth S. Bolman

Icons and sites. Cult images of the Virgin in mediaeval Rome

(28)

Gerhard Wolf

Theotokos and Logos: the interpretation and reinterpretation of the sanctuary programme of the Koimesis Church, Nicaea

(12)

Charles Barber

II The theology of the Theotokos

The Virgin as the true Ark of the Covenant

(6)

† Michel van Esbroeck

The Theotokos in Byzantine hymnography: typology and allegory

(8)

Christian Hannick

Use and abuse of the `image' of the Theotokos in the political life of Byzantium (with special reference to the iconoclast period)

(14)

Nike Koutrakou

From poetry to liturgy: the cult of the Virgin in the Middle Byzantine era

(12)

Niki Tsironis

Exchanging embrace. The body of salvation

103

(14)

Ioli Kalavrezou

The symbolism of the censer in Byzantine representations of the Dormition of the Virgin

117

(16)

Maria Evangelatou

The Portaitissa icon at Iveron monastery and the cult of the Virgin on Mount Athos

133

(12)

Kriton Chryssochoidis

III Female authority and devotion

The empress and the Virgin in early Byzantium: piety, authority and devotion

145

(8)

Liz James

Female piety in context: understanding developments in private devotional practices

153

(14)

Brigitte Pitarakis

The eyes of the Mother of God

167

(8)

Robin Cormack

Zoe's lead seal: female invocation to the Annunciation of the Virgin

175

(8)

Vasso Penna

IV Public and private cult

Byzantine domestic art as evidence for the early cult of the Virgin

183

(12)

Henry Maguire

The `activated' icon: the Hodegetria procession and Mary's Eisodos

195

(14)

Bissera V. Pentcheva

Picturing the spiritual protector: from Blachernitissa to Hodegetria

209

(16)

Christine Angelidi

Titos Papamastorakis

The image of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege: two questions concerning its origin

225

(14)

Natalia Teteriatnikov

The cult of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege at Mistra

239

(12)

Rhodoniki Etzeoglou

The Virgin, the Christ-child and the evil eye

251

(12)

Vassiliki Foskolou

Praying for the salvation of the empire?

263

(14)

Maria Vassilaki

V Between East and West

Thoughts on Mary east and west

277

(16)

Annemarie Weyl Carr

The Kahn and Mellon Madonnas and their place in the history of the Virgin and Child Enthroned in Italy and the East

293

(12)

Rebecca W. Corrie

Representations of the Virgin in Lusignan Cyprus

305

(16)

Sophia Kalopissi-Verti

The legacy of the Hodegetria: holy icons and legends between east and west

321

(16)

Michele Bacci

A Byzantine icon of the dexiokratousa Hodegetria from Crete at the Benaki Museum

337

(22)

Nano Chatzidakis

Epilogue

359

(4)

Maria Vassilaki

Index

363

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Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium

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