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Death and the Afterlife in Byzantium: The Fate of the Soul in Theology, Liturgy, and Art Marinis, Vasileios (Yale University, Connecticut)
Death and the Afterlife in Byzantium: The Fate of the Soul in Theology, Liturgy, and Art
Marinis, Vasileios (Yale University, Connecticut)
This interdisciplinary study provides an in-depth analysis and synthesis of hagiography, theological treatises, apocryphal texts, and liturgical services, as well as images of the fate of the soul in manuscript and monumental decoration, to investigate what the Byzantines believed about the fate of the soul after death.
214 pages, 3 b/w illus. 35 colour illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 22, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107139442 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 214 |
| Dimensions | 262 × 188 × 18 mm · 680 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |