The World of Kosmas - Illustrated Byzantine Codices of the Christian Topography

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Maja Kominko
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.2020
• EAN: 9781108816373
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81637-3
• Dimensions: 245 mm x 170 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 740 g
• Illustrations: 201 b/w illus. 33 colour illus. 1 map 1 table, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Historical Geography, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Church history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Historical Geography