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This volume examines the occurrence of secular contemporary artefacts (realia) in Middle and Late Byzantine religious painting. It explores the potential of Byzantine art as a source of information on material culture and inquires into the semiotic function of realia in religious pictorial contexts. The first part of the book comprises five case studies dedicated to imperial, official, aristocratic, and military dress, furniture, furnishings, and implements. The creative processes that led to th
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- Author
- Maria G. Parani
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Publishers
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004473690
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Christian, Sociology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- The Enigma of Reincarnation -- Brad Steiger (2003)
- Reconstructing the Reality of Images: Byzantine Material Culture and Religious Iconography (Medieval Mediterranean): Byzantine Material Culture and Religious Ic (2002)
- Reconstructing the Reality of Images : Byzantine Material Culture and Religious Iconography (11th - 15th Centuries) (2003)
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