Thresholds of the sacred : architectural, art historical, liturgical, and theological perspectives on religious screens, East and West

1. Verfasser: Gerstel, Sharon E. J.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2006.
Umfang/Format: 245 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Penetrating the sacred : breaches and barriers in the Jerusalem Temple / Joan R. Branham
  • The decline of communion in Byzantium and the distancing of the congregation from the liturgical action : cause, effect, or neither? / Robert F. Taft
  • Dividing interior space in early Byzantine churches : the barriers between the nave and aisles / Urs Peschlow
  • Veiling sanctity in Christian Egypt : visual and spatial solutions / Elizabeth S. Bolman
  • The proskynetaria of the templon and narthex : form, imagery, spatial connections, and reception / Sophia Kalopissi-Verti
  • An alternative view of the late Byzantine sanctuary screen. Appendix : solid masonry templa / Sharon E.J. Gerstel
  • Symeon of Thessalonike and the theology of the icon screen / Nicholas P. Constas
  • Seeing through screens : the gothic choir enclosure as frame / Jacqueline E. Jung
  • The tramezzo in the Italian Renaissance, revisited
  • Marcia B. Hall.