The World of Kosmas: Illustrated Byzantine Codices of the Christian Topography
Author:   Maja Kominko (University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
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9781107020887


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   05 September 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Maja Kominko (University of Oxford)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 26.30cm
Weight:   0.990kg
ISBN:  

9781107020887


ISBN 10:   1107020883
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   05 September 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction; 1. The author and the context of the creation of the Christian Topography; 2. Miniatures of book II: what Kosmas saw and what he read; 3. Miniatures of book IV – the cosmos of Kosmas; 4. Book V: the universe revealed; 5. Miniatures of books VI-IX; 6. The image of God, the image of the whole world; Codicological description of manuscripts.

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Maja Kominko manages the cultural portfolio of the Arcadia Fund, a foundation working for endangered culture and nature. She has studied, taught and researched at universities in Poland, Italy, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United States and Sweden. Her published articles cover a range of subjects from late antique intellectual history, art history and cartography, to cultural exchange in medieval period in Levant, particularly as documented in illustrated Syriac manuscripts.

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