Book contents
- Visualizing Christ’s Miracles in Late Byzantium
- Visualizing Christ’s Miracles in Late Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Drawings
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Ecclesiastical Policies and the Sociohistorical Context of the Early Palaiologan Period
- 2 A Wealth of Sources
- 3 Christ’s Miracles
- 4 Christ’s Miracles
- 5 Christ’s Miracle Cycle in Byzantine Churches
- Conclusion
- Tables A–E
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Subject Index
4 - Christ’s Miracles
Grouping and Setting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
Book contents
- Visualizing Christ’s Miracles in Late Byzantium
- Visualizing Christ’s Miracles in Late Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Drawings
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Ecclesiastical Policies and the Sociohistorical Context of the Early Palaiologan Period
- 2 A Wealth of Sources
- 3 Christ’s Miracles
- 4 Christ’s Miracles
- 5 Christ’s Miracle Cycle in Byzantine Churches
- Conclusion
- Tables A–E
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Subject Index
Summary
Chapter 4 discusses the episodes’ setting and layout within the space of the church. It examines chronological, liturgical, and didactic devices, coming to the conclusion that there is a fixed core of episodes that is repeated in each church while the remaining miracles always vary. Identifying this lack of a single codified program is at the heart of both Chapters 3 and 4, and it suggests a greater fluidity and flexibility than we are used to ascribing to Byzantine art.
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- Visualizing Christ's Miracles in Late ByzantiumArt, Theology, and Court Culture, pp. 145 - 182Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024