Byzantine Figural Processional Crosses |
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| Author:
| Cotsonis, John A. |
| Series edited by:
| Boyd, Susan A.
Maguire, Henry |
| Series title: | Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Collection Publications |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88402-228-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | Dumbarton Oaks
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Scarcely any object was as ubiquitous in Byzantine culture as the cross. This exhibition catalogue focuses on the figural processional cross, and the examples here provide opportunity to consider the various functions such crosses served in the imperial, ecclesiastic, military, and private sphere for both men and women.
Scarcely any object was as ubiquitous in Byzantine culture as the cross. This exhibition catalogue focuses on the figural processional cross, and the examples here provide opportunity to consider the various functions such crosses served in the imperial, ecclesiastic, military, and private sphere for both men and women.