A Fountain of Fire: Idolatry, Alterity, and Ethnicity in Byzantine Book Illumination

This article examines the visual representation of pagan idols in Byzantine book illumination and investigates how such images were employed to convey a sense of geographical or ethnic distance. The main focus of this study is a group of illuminated manuscripts containing two of the most popular tex...

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Main Author: Giovanni Gasbarri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Arts
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/2/82