Heavenly Sustenance in Patristic Texts and Byzantine Iconography Nourished by the Word /

• Main Author: Ene D-Vasilescu, Elena (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
• Subjects: Europe-History-476-1492.; Religion-History.; Civilization-History.; History, Ancient.; Literature, Medieval.; History of Medieval Europe.; History of Religion.; Cultural History.; Ancient History.; Medieval Literature.

This book examines ideas of spiritual nourishment as maintained chiefly by Patristic theologians -those who lived in Byzantium. It shows how a particular type of Byzantine frescoes and icons illustrated the views of Patristic thinkers on the connections between the heavenly and the earthly worlds. T...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. The Connection Between Heavenly Nurture and Biological Sustenance in the Ancient World
• Chapter 3. Other Faith Encounters and Instances of Milk Nourishment
• Chapter 4. Anne's Veneration as a Part of the Cult of the Saints
• Chapter 5. Patristic Texts about Saint Anne's Role as an Intercessor with Regard to the Alleviation of People's Barrenness and Healing in General
• Chapter 6. St. Anne as the Prototype of a Saint Connected with Healing and Nourishing in Various Literary Sources, Including the Apocrypha
• Chapter 7. Anna lactans/Galaktotrophousa Iconographic Motif Between the Twelfth and the Fourteenth Centuries
• Chapter 8. The Bogomils and Iconography
• Chapter 9. Conclusion.