Mary and her Books in the Kokkinobaphos Manuscripts: Female Literacy or Visual Strategies of Narration?
Abstract
This article examines the function of the book as a multi-faceted visual symbol in the miniatures of two Byzantine illuminated manuscripts of the mid-twelfth century, the six Homilies on the Life of the Virgin by the monk Iakovos of the Kokkinobaphos monastery. It demonstrates that the books/symbols in Mary’s hands were employed to serve primarily the process of visual narrative.
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LINARDOU, K. (2011). Mary and her Books in the Kokkinobaphos Manuscripts: Female Literacy or Visual Strategies of Narration?. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 29, 35–48. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.604
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