Studies on the cult of relics in Byzantium up to 1204

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Auteur principal : Wortley John (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Studies on the cult of relics in Byzantium up to 1204 / John Wortley
Publié : Farnham : Burlington , cop. 2009
Ashgate/Variorum
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (pagination multiple [XX-278 p.])
Collection : Collected studies series ; 935
Sujets :
  • Part 1. General
  • The origins of Christian veneration of body parts
  • Part 2. Building the Byzantine Hoard
  • The Byzantine component of the relic-hoard of Constantinople
  • The legend of Constantine the relic-provider
  • The earliest relic-importations to Constantinople
  • The 'sacred remains' of Constantine and Helena
  • The wood of the True Cross
  • Part 3. Icons and Relics
  • Iconoclasm and Leipsanoclasm: Leo III, Constantine V and the relics
  • Icons and relics: a comparison
  • Part 4. How the Relics Worked
  • Three not-so-miraculous miracles
  • De latrone converso: the tale of the converted robber
  • Part 5. Some Relics in Particular
  • The Marian relics at Constantinople
  • Hagia Skepê and Pokrov Bogoroditsi: a curious coincidence
  • The oration of Theodore Syncellus (BHG 1058) and the siege of 860
  • Relics of 'the friends of Jesus' at Constantinople
  • The relics of Our Lord's Passion in the Russian Primary Chronicle
  • Part 6. A Curious Omission
  • Relics and the Great Church