L’ imperatore, San Michele Arcangelo e la spada. Dialoghi iconografici e strategie figurative a difesa di Costantinopoli
The volume investigates the divine origin of the military power in the Byzantine culture through the analysis of the relationship between the emperor and the Archangel Michael. The research involves visual case studies, along with the exam of textual and ceremonial sources, in order to enlighten the...
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| Language: | Italian |
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Milano University Press
2025
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| Online Access: | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/157998 |
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| Summary: | The volume investigates the divine origin of the military power in the Byzantine culture through the analysis of the relationship between the emperor and the Archangel Michael. The research involves visual case studies, along with the exam of textual and ceremonial sources, in order to enlighten the “iconographic dialogues” and the “figurative strategies” the two protagonists carry out jointly for the defense of the empire. The sword is the cornerstone of the study. This is considered not as a weapon but both as an imperial insignia and as a symbol of the aid bestowed by the archangel, and then extended to the subjects. The book is structured in three parts. The first one concerns the emperor, the second one the Archangel Michael, whereas the third part shows the two figures acting together. |
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