Thresholds of the sacred: architectural, art historical, liturgical, and theological perspectives on religious screens, East and West
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 : t...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Washington, D.C.
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church building
/ Screen
/ Rood screen
/ Iconostasis
B Church decoration |
| Further subjects: | B
Conference program 2003 (Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC)
B Screens (Church decoration) Congresses B Iconostases Congresses |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Collection of nine papers and introduction concerning the development and meaning of the iconostasis ... presented in the May 2003 Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies symposium"--Data view - Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 245 S., zahlr. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0-88402-311-7 978-0-88402-311-1 |
