Thresholds of the sacred : architectural, art historical, liturgical, and theological perspectives on religious screens, East and West / edited by Sharon E.J. Gerstel.
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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2006Description: 245 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN: - 9780884023111
- 0884023117 (alk. paper)
- 726.5/296Â 22
- NA5082Â .T44 2006
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"Collection of nine papers and introduction concerning the development and meaning of the iconostasis ... presented in the May 2003 Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies symposium"--Data view.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-240) and index.
Penetrating the sacred : breaches and barriers in the Jerusalem Temple / Joan R. Branham -- The decline of communion in Byzantium and the distancing of the congregation from the liturgical action : cause, effect, or neither? / Robert F. Taft -- Dividing interior space in early Byzantine churches : the barriers between the nave and aisles / Urs Peschlow -- Veiling sanctity in Christian Egypt : visual and spatial solutions / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- The proskynetaria of the templon and narthex : form, imagery, spatial connections, and reception / Sophia Kalopissi-Verti -- An alternative view of the late Byzantine sanctuary screen. Appendix : solid masonry templa / Sharon E.J. Gerstel -- Symeon of Thessalonike and the theology of the icon screen / Nicholas P. Constas -- Seeing through screens : the gothic choir enclosure as frame / Jacqueline E. Jung -- The tramezzo in the Italian Renaissance, revisited -- Marcia B. Hall.
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