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Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47628-7 — the Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium Edited by Thomas Arentzen , Mary B Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47628-7 — The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium Edited by Thomas Arentzen , Mary B. Cunningham Index More Information 349 Index Note : Page numbers in bold refer to tables; those in italic to i gures. An ‘n’ refers to a footnote, e.g. 250n30 refers to note 30 on p. 250. Abegg- Stit ung textile collection (Bern), in homilies, 265 , 265n29 ‘ M a r i a n s i l k ’ 2 2 – 2 3 , 3 9 represented in church structure and acrostics, use of, 159 , 171 , 175 , 175n30 , 194 , decoration, 80 , 83 – 84 , 93 , 99 – 105 , 194n14 , 209 100n104 Adam and Eve amulets and charms, Marian imagery as, 7 , in homilies, 298 – 99 , 299n60 , 299n61 50n16 , 58 – 60 , 59n40 in hymns and poetry, 88 , 156 , 173 – 74 , Anastasis (Resurrection) of Christ, 139 – 43 , 190 – 91 , 207 – 08 139 , 146 , 333n33 in Marian iconography, 117 , 138 , 140 , 141 , Andrew of Crete 141 , 301 on Annunciation, 264n25 , 264n26 , 264 – 65 , Mary as new Eve, 95 , 147 , 177 , 198 265n29 restored to paradise through Mary, 89 , on conception and birth of Mary, 65 , 67 , 89n66 , 264 140n52 , 142 see also Christopher (9th- c. hymnographer), on Dormition, 241 – 42 , 250 , 265 , 267 – 68 , On the Transgression of Adam 268n35 , 276 , 276n77 Adana medallions Great Kanon , 189 , 204n55 functions, 48 – 51 , 49n14 , 50n16 , 59 – 61 on Mary and Eucharist, 91 , 118 images and inscriptions, 46 – 48 , 47 , 47 , 48 , personal life, 258 , 258n4 , 274 48n11 , 51n18 socio- political consciousness, 276n80 , provenance, 46n7 , 48n9 276 – 78 , 277n83 , 277n84 , 280 Adelphia sarcophagus, Syracuse, 29 , 31 , 38 – 39 , work and inl uence, 181 , 259n6 , 259n7 , 313 38 , 4 2 Anna (Mary’s mother) Adoration of the Magi Davidic lineage, 140 , 141 , 314 , 314n27 on Adana medallions, 47 , 47 , 48 , 50 duration of pregnancy, 67 – 70 , 68n43 , at Daphni Monastery, 124 , 125 , 131 , 136 , 68n44 136 , 137 – 41 , 138 , 146 in homilies and hymns, 190 , 192 , 197 , p o p u l a r i t y a s v i s u a l m o t i f , 31 , 31n47 , 31n48 , 202n45 , 318 32 – 33 , 32 , 34n63 in Kokkinobaphos homilies, 301 , 301 reasons for popularity, 33n57 , 33 – 35 , and miraculous conception of Mary, 63 – 66 , 53 – 54 , 58 64n10 , 222 , 314 – 15 on Werden casket, 39 , 4 0 and presenting Mary to the Temple, 210 – 11 , Akathistos Hymn 315 , 323 Germanos’ homily on the, 273 , 274 – 75 role in Christ’s incarnation, 62 – 63 , 71 – 72 , importance, 81n16 72n62 metaphors for Mary, 82 , 83 , 86 , 87 , 88 , visual imagery of, 72 – 75 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 185 – 86 , 250 128 , 129 – 30 , 130n25 , 131 – 33 use of acrostics, 175 Annarichus (heretic monk), 223 – 25 Allen, P., 157n28 Annunciation to Anna and Joachim, 124 , altar cloth, 104 , 105n112 , 107 125 , 126 , 130 , 131 , 133 , 314 – 15 altar/ altar table, Mary as, 78 , 85 , 97 , 98 , A n n u n c i a t i o n t o M a r y 108 , 109 at Daphni Monastery, 124 , 125 , 128 , 134 , holding the eucharistic bread, 106 – 07 , 110 , 134n40 111 , 112 , 113 – 14 at the spring, 22 , 28 , 38 , 38 349 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47628-7 — The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium Edited by Thomas Arentzen , Mary B. Cunningham Index More Information 350 350 Index Annunciation to Mary (cont.) Bakhtin, M., 154 in catacombs and sarcophagi, 26n24 , Balic, C., 328 26 – 28 , 28 baptism, royal baptisms linked to Christ’s, 53 , in early textiles, 20n12 , 20 – 22 , 21 , 54 – 57 , 53n26 56 , 58 , 59 – 61 Barker, M., 205n57 and entry into the temple, 202 – 04 , 211n73 , Barthes, R., 6 211n74 Basil of Caesarea, 100 , 103n111 , 103 – 05 , 107 , homilies and hymns for Feast of the, 108 , 212n75 , 309n3 , 335n42 151 – 53 , 152n6 , 204n54 , 261n14 , 264 – 66 , Basil (hymnographer), 194 , 198 336– 37n48 Bawit (Egypt) incarnation and Eucharist, 79 , 84 , 86 , 99 , Chapel LI, Marian iconography, 40 – 42 100n106 , 265n29 Monastery of Apollo, 114 Mary and visual narrative of, 6 , 35 , 41 , 97 Belting, H., 248 see also Adana medallions ; Schmidt Benedict of Nursia, 249 medallion Blachernai Church, Istanbul, 1 , 106 , 274 , Antonopoulou, T., 193 274n64 aphthartodocetism , 267 Blachernitissa apocryphal texts decorating panagiaria , 112 – 15 , 112 , defending the use of, 76 , 309n3 , 335n42 113n142 , 115n155 dei nition of, 2n4 , 309n4 , 342 eucharistic references, 106 – 11 , 109 , 110n127 use in Marian devotion, 5 , 8 , 11 , 29 , 323 Bodmer V papyrus, 68 , 68n42 see also Protevangelium of James Bolman, E., 114 Apollo Monastery, Bawit, 114 Booth, P., 225n28 , 311n13 a p s e , see s a n c t u a r y a p s e Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, textiles, 55 – 57 , Arentzen, T., 174 56 , 56n35 , 57n36 , 58 Arletti, R., 130 Bouras, C., 122n13 Ascension of Christ bridal chamber, Mary as, 190 , 206 , 278 Mary’s life at er the, 225 , 317 Bride of Christ as sanctuary decoration, 96 , 97 , 97n98 , 98 , Mary as, 95n91 , 200 – 01 , 202n45 , 203 , 206 100n104 visual representation of Mary as, 235 , 236 , sanctuary of St Neophytos’ Hermitage, 238 , 256 99 – 100 , 101 , 102 British Museum, child’s tunic, 55 sanctuary of St Sophia of Ohrid, 102 – 04 , Brock, S., 179n53 103 , 104 Broek, R. van den, 219 , 226 , 228 – 29 textual references, 239 , 286 brooch (gold), Medellín, 34 – 35 asceticism/ monasticism Brussels Museum of Fine Arts, tapestry- woven emphasis on Mary’s, 201 – 02 , 311 , 317 , 320 – 23 band, 55 – 56 , 57 – 58 , 57 reasons for focus on Mary’s, 3 , 193 , 193n8 , Buoninsegna, Duccio di, 235 , 235n3 , 235n1 , 309 – 10 , 344 236 , 238 Assumption of Mary development of the feast on the, 4 , 5 , 219 Calabuig, I., 152n6 homilies on, 219 , 239 – 41 , 252 – 55 Cameron, A., 13 , 70 and Mary as immortal/ heavenly Cana, marriage, 25 , 52n24 , 316 , 320 power, 220 , 227 , 231 , 234 Cappadocia, Kızıl Çukur church, 126n21 , visual representations of the, 235n4 , 237n5 , 126 – 30 , 206 237 – 39 , 240 , 242 , 243 – 48 c a p t i o n s see also Dormition ( Koimesis ) of the Virgin ; use of, 19n9 , 19 – 25 , 23n20 , 42 , 54n29 , heavenly ladder ( scala caelestis ), Mary as ; 60 – 61 Siena, cathedral window see also Adana medallions ; Schmidt Athanasius of Alexandria, 3 , 201 , 270 , 293 , medallion 296 , 321 , 336 – 37n48 catacombs Autpertus, Ambrosius Annunciation scene in, 26n24 , 26 – 27 , 28 homily on Assumption, 241 , 252n57 , Mary in iconography in, 18 , 23n20 , 32 – 33 252 – 55 , 256 Nativity and Adoration of the Magi in, 30 , Mary as heavenly ladder, 247 – 51 , 248n33 31 , 31n48 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-47628-7 — The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium Edited by Thomas Arentzen , Mary B. Cunningham Index More Information 351 Index 351 Cathedral of St Paul, Faras (Egypt and Sudan), Constas, Fr M., 314 St Anna’s iconography, 73 Cormack, R., 130 censer, Mary as, 84n39 , 84 – 85 , 202n45 Couch of Solomon, Mary as, 286 – 90 , censing of Mary by angels, 113 – 15 , 115n155 , 287n23 , 288 116 , 117 , 118 Council Chalcedon, Council of (451), 11 , 260 , 260n12 of Chalcedon (451), 11 , 260 , 260n12 chalice, see paten/ chalice, Mary as of Constantinople III (680– 1), 257 , 261 Chalkoprateia Church, Constantinople, 274 of Ephesus (431), 4 , 17 , 42 – 43 , 260 , 263 Chapel LI, Bawit, 40 – 42 of Nicaea II (787), 332 , 332n30 charms and amulets, Marian imagery as, 7 , Crone, P., 231 – 33 50n16 , 58 – 60 , 59n40 Crucii xion Cheesefare Sunday, liturgy, 180n2 , 180 – 81 in Daphni Monastery decoration, 121 , 124 , Chicago, Field Museum, tunic, 55 126 , 137 , 142 – 44 , 143 , 146 Chios, Nea Moni Monastery, see Nea Moni and divine suf ering, 333 – 35 , 334n40 Monastery, Chios Cunningham, M. B., 69 , 118n160 , 134 , 330 Chora Monastery, Constantinople, 91 – 92 , 92 , Cyprus, Church of Panagia Podithou, 111n137 , 127 , 132n33 sanctuary apse, 115n155 , 118 Chorikios of Gaza, 37 – 38 (ps- ) Cyril of Jerusalem, Homily on the Christopher (9th- c. hymnographer), On the h eotokos Transgression of Adam on Anna’s pregnancy, 69 Adam’s appeal to Mary to reopen authorship of homily, 217 , 219 – 20 Paradise, 182 – 86 confronting false teachers, 223 – 25 as kanon hymn, 9 , 180 – 82 , 185n19 , 191 on Mary’s death and assumption, 218 – 19 , Mary as co- redeemer, 187 – 89 226 – 27 Mary and Eve, 189 – 90 refuting the belief in Mary as heavenly Mary as Paradise, 190 – 91 power, 217 , 222 – 23 , 225 – 26 Mary as portal of salvation, 186 – 87 sources for the false belief, 227 – 34 Chrysostom, John, see John Chrysostom unique narrative in, 221 Church of Christ’s Transi guration, Zouridi, 74 Church of the Dormition, Nicaea, 145 , 145n71 Daphni Monastery (Athens) ciborium (canopy above the altar) Adoration of the Magi and the Anastasis, in Eisodia and Hypapante imagery, 92 , 93 137 – 41 , 138 , 139 in images of Eucharist and Communion of A n n u n c i a t i o n s c e n e , 128 , 134 the Apostles, 78 , 85 , 98 , 103 , 106 , 107 , 109 Birth of the Virgin and Crucii xion of meaning, 84 , 92 Christ, 121 , 142 – 44 , 142 , 143 clavi and roundels, Marian imagery on, 55n32 , Dormition ( Koimesis ) of Mary, 120 , 144 55 – 58 , 56 , 56n35 , 57n36 , 57 iconography associated with Last Supper, c l o t h i n g , see garments 131n32 , 133 , 133n36 , 133n37 Communion of the Apostles iconography of Joachim and Anna, 126 , in apse of St Clement of Ohrid Church, 131 – 33 , 132n33 78 , 98 Mary at the temple, 127 , 128 , 133n37 , Mary’s eucharistic signii cance in images of, 133 – 34 85 , 96n96 , 96 – 98 , 109 Mary’s life story in iconography, 5 , 123 – 31 , in St Sophia Church (Ohrid), 100 – 06 , 103 , 124 , 146 – 47 106 , 108
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