Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin MaryKnopf, 1976 - 400 pages |
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Page 89
... Byzantine style . Round the cupola the four great Byzantine feasts are represented and the Nativity of Jesus faces the Dormition of the Virgin with harmonious symmetry , for in both Mary reclines . In one she gives birth to the saviour ...
... Byzantine style . Round the cupola the four great Byzantine feasts are represented and the Nativity of Jesus faces the Dormition of the Virgin with harmonious symmetry , for in both Mary reclines . In one she gives birth to the saviour ...
Page 106
... Byzantines , imprisoned , and brutally maltreated until he died in exile in 655. Pope Sergius I ( 687-701 ) defied the Lombard king in the north and central Italy , and the Byzantine exarchs in Ravenna ; he was also the pope who ...
... Byzantines , imprisoned , and brutally maltreated until he died in exile in 655. Pope Sergius I ( 687-701 ) defied the Lombard king in the north and central Italy , and the Byzantine exarchs in Ravenna ; he was also the pope who ...
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... Byzantine court , appears before Christ , who crowns him . Richly dressed in the loros , the jewelled stole of the emperors , Roger inclines his head . The image copies the Byzantine model precisely , except that Roger's face is ...
... Byzantine court , appears before Christ , who crowns him . Richly dressed in the loros , the jewelled stole of the emperors , Roger inclines his head . The image copies the Byzantine model precisely , except that Roger's face is ...
Contents
MARY IN THE GOSPELS | 1 |
MARY IN THE APOCRYPHA | 25 |
VIRGIN BIRTH | 34 |
Copyright | |
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