Vision And Meaning In Ninth-century Byzantium, Table Of Contents: Image As Exegesis In The Homilies Of Gregory Of Nazianzus Image As Exegesis In The Homilies Of Gregory Of Nazianzus, Table Of Contents

This book centers on the copy of the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus produced in Constantinople around 880 for the emperor Basil I as a gift from the patriarch Photios. The manuscript includes forty-six full page miniatures, most of which do not directly illustrate the text they accompany, but instead provide a visual commentary. Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium deals with how such communication worked, and examines the types of messages that pictures could convey in ninth-century Byzantium. This book centres on the copy of the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus produced in Constantinople around 880 for the Emperor Basil I as a gift from the patriarch Photios. The manuscript includes forty-six full-page miniatures, most of which do not directly illustrate the text they accompany, but instead provide a visual commentary. Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium deals with how such communication worked, and examines the types of messages that the pictures could convey to their audience Leslie Brubaker. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 443-473) And Index.