Graphic signs of authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, 300-900
| 1. Verfasser: |
Garipzanov, Ildar H,
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Ausgabe: | First edition. |
| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (404 pages). |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Oxford studies in medieval European history.
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| ISBN: | 9780192546616 0192546619 |
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ISSN: 0-19-881501-8 |
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Available online |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction : Graphic signs, graphic visualization, and early graphicacy
- Graphic signs of authority and political culture
- Graphic signs of authority: historiographic trends
- Cultural history of graphic signs of authority
- Graphic signs of divine authority in late antiquity. The origins of early Christian graphic signs. The nomina sacra, Staurogram, and Chi-Rho
- Early Christian authors on symbolic meanings of letters and Christian graphic signs
- Protective seals and the Bruce Codex
- "Magical" characters and their early Christian critics
- Apotropaic graphic devices as a symptomatic feature of late antique culture
- Christograms as signs of authority in the late Roman empire. Lactantius and Constantine I's victorious sign in 312
- Eusebius and the appropriation of the Chi-Rho as an imperial triumphant symbol in the 320-40s
- The hierarchy of Christian signs in the visual communication of imperial authority in the second half of the fourth and early fifth centuries
- Christograms as paradigmatic Christian symbols at the turn of the fifth century
- The sign of the cross in late antiquity. The early symbolism of the cross and the origins of the cult of the Holy Cross
- The Sign of the Cross as a late antique symbol of authority
- The apotropaic power of the Sign of the Cross in late antiquity
- Monogrammatic culture in late antiquity. Monograms, early Christians, and late antique culture. Late antique epigraphic culture and monograms as epigraphic devices
- The Calendar of 354 and fourth-century Roman aristocratic culture
- Monograms as protective and intercessory devices
- The contemplative process involved in understanding monograms and late antique neoplatonism
- Secular monograms, social status, and authority in the late Roman world and early Byzantium. The numismatic monogram of Theodosius II: monograms as signs of imperial authority in the middle and second half of the fifth century
- Monograms as signs of authority on silverware, weights, bricks, and consular diptychs
- Monograms as visual signs of social power, noble identity, and elevated status: rings, dress accessories, and luxury objects
- Monograms as a symptomatic feature of late antique paideia
- Public monuments and the monogrammatic display of authority in the post-Roman world. From consular diptychs to the monumental display of authority: Juliana Aniana and St Polyeuktos (c.506-27)
- Justinian I, Theodora, and a defensive response: Sts Sergius and Bacchus (c.527-32)
- The monogrammatic display of imperial authority in Hagia Sophia (532-7)
- Monumental monograms and early medieval bishops
- Graphic signs of authority in early medieval Europe. Monogrammatic culture in pre-Carolingian Europe. Monograms as royal signs of authority
- Monograms as signs of social status and Episcopal authority in pre-Carolingian Europe
- Invocational graphic devices in pre-Carolingian material and manuscript culture
- Christograms and the Sign of the Cross in pre-Carolingian material and manuscript culture
- Late antique monogrammatic culture and the origins of monogrammatic lettering
- Monogrammatic revival in the Carolingian world. Monogrammatic initials in Carolingian Gospel-books and sacramentaries
- Royal, Episcopal, Papal monograms as signs of authority in the Carolingian world
- A monogrammatic revival in Carolingian manuscript culture and De inventione litterarum
- The power of the cross and cruciform devices in the Carolingian world. The Bible of San Paolo fuori le mura and cruciform invocations in Carolingian religious manuscripts
- The Sign of the Cross in manuscript and material culture
- Hrabanus Marus' In honorem sanctae crucis: the Sign of the Cross as the main organizing principle of Carolingian graphicacy
- Conclusion.
