Landscape, nature, and the sacred in Byzantium / Veronica Della Dora.
Nature is as much an idea as a physical reality. By 'placing' nature within Byzantine culture and within the discourse of Orthodox Christian thought and practice, Landscape, Nature and the Sacred in Byzantium explores attitudes towards creation that are utterly and fascinatingly different...
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Other title: | Landscape, Nature, & the Sacred in Byzantium |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : placing topographies
- PART I. TOPOS AND COSMOS. Sacred topographies
- Sacred cosmographies
- PART II. LAND. Gardens
- Wilderness
- PART III. ROCK. Mountains
- Caves
- PART IV. WATER. Rivers
- Seas
- Epilogue.