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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198815018

ISBN-139780198815013

eBay Product ID (ePID)240349193

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Number of Pages384 Pages

Publication NameGraphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages

LanguageEnglish

SubjectArchaeology, Europe / General, Graphic Arts / General

Publication Year2018

TypeNot Available

AuthorIldar Garipzanov

Subject AreaDesign, Social Science, History

SeriesOxford Studies in Medieval European History Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight31.2 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.5 in

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LCCN2017-957357

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Provides a rich, dense account of graphic signs and monograms in the Roman world from the fourth to ninth centuries ... Highly recommended." --CHOICE, "Provides a rich, dense account of graphic signs and monograms in the Roman world from the fourth to ninth centuries ... Highly recommended." --CHOICE "Despite the narrow focus that the book's title may seem to imply, this is a work of prodigious scholarship. Historians interested in many facets of late antique and early medieval religion, culture, and politics will find much of value in Garipzanov's compelling study." -- Celia Chazelle, Speculum, "Provides a rich, dense account of graphic signs and monograms in the Roman world from the fourth to ninth centuries ... Highly recommended." --CHOICE"Despite the narrow focus that the book's title may seem to imply, this is a work of prodigious scholarship. Historians interested in many facets of late antique and early medieval religion, culture, and politics will find much of value in Garipzanov's compelling study." -- Celia Chazelle, Speculum

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal808.8/01509021

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Table Of ContentIntroductionPart One: Graphic Signs of Divine Authority in Late Antiquity1. The Origins of Early Christian Graphic Signs2. Christograms as Signs of Authority in the Late Roman Empire3. The Sign of the Cross in Late AntiquityPart Two: Monogrammatic Culture in Late Antique Culture4. Monograms, Early Christians, and Late Antique Culture5. Secular Monograms, Social Status, and Authority in the Late Roman World and Early Byzantium6. Public Monuments and the Monogrammatic Display of Authority in the Post-Roman WorldPart Three: Graphic Signs of Authority in Early Medieval Europe7. Monogrammatic Culture in Pre-Carolingian Europe8. Monogrammatic Revival in the Carolingian World9. The Power of the Cross and Cruciform Devices in the Carolingian WorldConclusionBibliography and Index of Manuscripts

SynopsisGraphic Signs of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages presents a cultural history of graphic signs and examines how they were employed to communicate secular and divine authority in the late antique Mediterranean and early medieval Europe. Visual materials such as the sign of the cross, christograms, monograms, and other such devices, are examined against the backdrop of the cultural, religious, and socio-political transition from the late Graeco-Roman world to that of medieval Europe. This monograph is a synthetic study of graphic visual evidence from a wide range of material media that have rarely been studied collectively, including various mass-produced items and unique objects of art, architectural monuments and epigraphic inscriptions, as well as manuscripts and charters. This study promises to provide a timely reference tool for historians, art historians, archaeologists, epigraphists, manuscript scholars, and numismatists., Graphic Signs Of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages presents a cultural history of graphic signs and examines how they were employed to communicate secular and divine authority in the late antique Mediterranean and early medieval Europe. Visual materials such as the sign of the cross, christograms, monograms, and other such devices, are examined against the backdrop of the cultural, religious, and socio-political transition from the late Graeco-Roman world to that of medieval Europe. This monograph is a synthetic study of graphic visual evidence from a wide range of material media that have rarely been studied collectively, including various mass-produced items and unique objects of art, architectural monuments and epigraphic inscriptions, as well as manuscripts and charters. This study promises to provide a timely reference tool for historians, art historians, archaeologists, epigraphists, manuscript scholars, and numismatists., Graphic Signs Of Authority in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages offers a cultural history of the graphic monogrammatic tools from antiquity to the Middle Ages. It examines the sign of the cross, christograms, monograms, and other similar devices, and how they were used during a time of great socio-political and religious change.

LC Classification NumberD121