The World of Kosmas: Illustrated Byzantine Codices of the Christian Topography

ISBN-13: 9781108816373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 423 str.

Maja Kominko

Opis

Focusing on the Christian Topography, a sixth-century illustrated treatise, this book discusses the creation of the Christian cosmography, the reception of ancient science in late antiquity, and the ways in which Christians navigated the contradictions between 'secular' and 'religious' sources, both written and visual.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The author and the context of the creation of the Christian Topography; 2. Miniatures of book II: what Kosmas saw and what he read; 3. Miniatures of book IV – the cosmos of Kosmas; 4. Book V: the universe revealed; 5. Miniatures of books VI-IX; 6. The image of God, the image of the whole world; Codicological description of manuscripts.