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Icons and power : the Mother of God in Byzantium
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Icons and power : the Mother of God in Byzantium

Author: Bissera V Pentcheva
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2006.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : English
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Named Person: Mary, Blessed Virgin Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin Saint
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Bissera V Pentcheva
ISBN: 0271025514 9780271025513
OCLC Number: 58843180
Description: xviii, 302 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.
Contents: Theotokos and imperial power -- Origins of the civic cult -- The Avar siege: memory and change -- In the context of war -- Icons in practice -- The Hodegetria icon and its Tuesday procession -- The Blachernai responds: the icon of the "usual miracle" -- Synthesis: imperial memorial rites at the Pantokrator.
Responsibility: Bissera V. Pentcheva.
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