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Author Noga-Banai, Galit

Title The trophies of the martyrs : an art historical study of early Christian silver reliquaries / Galit Noga-Banai
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 186 pages, 52 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), plans
Series Oxford studies in Byzantium
Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Contents List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Caskets Decorated with Biblical Scenes; 2. Caskets Decorated with Images of the Martyrs; 3. Decoration Programmes in Context; Conclusions; Catalogue of Silver Caskets Decorated with Christian Figurative Themes; Select Bibliography; Index of visual and textual sources
Summary In this pioneering study, the first of its kind, Galit Noga-Banai analyses silver reliquaries decorated with Christian figurative themes, offering a clearer and more detailed picture of the beginnings of the cult of relics in the early Church. The book is illustrated with nearly 100 finely reproduced drawings and photographs. - ;In this pioneering study, the first of its kind, Galit Noga-Banai analyses silver reliquaries decorated with Christian figurative themes. She offers a clearer and more detailed picture of the beginnings of the cult of relics, which were an essential asset to the Church
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-182) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Reliquaries, Byzantine.
Silverwork, Byzantine.
Silverwork, Early Christian.
Goldwork, Byzantine.
DESIGN -- Essays.
DESIGN -- Reference.
ART -- General.
DESIGN -- Decorative Arts.
DESIGN -- Product.
Goldwork, Byzantine
Reliquaries, Byzantine
Silverwork, Byzantine
Silverwork, Early Christian
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0199217742
9780199217748
019152722X
9780191527227
9786611515317
6611515313