Between statues and icons: iconic persons from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages
This book argues that Romans credited certain living persons with the capacity to function as cult statues, that is, as images and vessels of the divine. After addressing the cultural context that produced the idea that humans can become images of the divine, the text shows how emperors, bishops, an...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Leiden Boston Singapore Paderborn Vienna
Brill | Schöningh
[2023]
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Contexts of ancient and medieval anthropology (vol. 5)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Contexts of ancient and medieval anthropology
vol. 5 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roman Empire
/ Church
/ Historical figure
/ Divinity
/ Saints
/ Iconic element
/ Statue
/ Cult image
/ History 30-700
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| Further subjects: | B
Philosophy and religion
B Religion |
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