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Author:   John Wortley
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780754668473

ISBN 10:   0754668479
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   28 September 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface, Cyril Mango; Introduction; Part 1General: The origins of Christian veneration of body parts. Part 2 Building the Byzantine Hoard: The Byzantine component of the relic-hoard of Constantinople; The legend of Constantine the relic-provider; The earliest relic-importations to Constantinople; The 'sacred remains' of Constantine and Helena; The wood of the True Cross. Icons and Relics: Iconoclasm and Leipsanoclasm: Leo III, Constantine V and the relics; Icons and relics: a comparison. Part 3 How the Relics Worked: Three not-so-miraculous miracles; De latrone converso: the tale of the converted robber. Part 4 Some Relics in Particular: The Marian relics at Constantinople; Hagia Skepê and Pokrov Bogoroditsi: a curious coincidence; The oration of Theodore Syncellus (BHG 1058) and the siege of 860; Relics of 'the friends of Jesus' at Constantinople; The relics of Our Lord's Passion in The Russian Primary Chronicle. Part 5 A Curious Omission: Relics and the Great Church; Index.

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John Wortley is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of History, University of Manitoba, Canada

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