Thresholds of the sacred: architectural, art historical, liturgical, and theological perspectives on religious screens, East and West

Penetrating the sacred : breaches and barriers in the Jerusalem Temple / Joan R. Branham -- The decline of communion in Byzantium and the distancing of the congregation from the liturgical action : cause, effect, or neither? / Robert F. Taft -- Dividing interior space in early Byzantine churches : t...

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Contributors: Gerstel, Sharon E. J. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Washington, D.C. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 2006
In:Year: 2006
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church building / Screen / Rood screen / Iconostasis
B Church decoration
Further subjects:B Conference program 2003 (Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC)
B Screens (Church decoration) Congresses
B Iconostases Congresses
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Summary:Penetrating the sacred : breaches and barriers in the Jerusalem Temple / Joan R. Branham -- The decline of communion in Byzantium and the distancing of the congregation from the liturgical action : cause, effect, or neither? / Robert F. Taft -- Dividing interior space in early Byzantine churches : the barriers between the nave and aisles / Urs Peschlow -- Veiling sanctity in Christian Egypt : visual and spatial solutions / Elizabeth S. Bolman -- The proskynetaria of the templon and narthex : form, imagery, spatial connections, and reception / Sophia Kalopissi-Verti -- An alternative view of the late Byzantine sanctuary screen. Appendix : solid masonry templa / Sharon E.J. Gerstel -- Symeon of Thessalonike and the theology of the icon screen / Nicholas P. Constas -- Seeing through screens : the gothic choir enclosure as frame / Jacqueline E. Jung -- The tramezzo in the Italian Renaissance, revisited -- Marcia B. Hall.
Item Description:"Collection of nine papers and introduction concerning the development and meaning of the iconostasis ... presented in the May 2003 Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies symposium"--Data view - Includes index
ISBN:0884023117