Cult, Devotion, and Aesthetics in Later Byzantine Poetry [Greek, Ancient (To 1453)]

by Krystina Kubina and Maria-Lucia Goiana

Public religious ritual and private devotional practice together occasioned much of the production of Byzantine poetry. This includes not only hymns, an integral part of the liturgy since Late Antiquity, but also versified texts with a specific liturgical function (synaxaria, calendars, metrical prefaces), metrical hagiography, epigrams (inscribed on church buildings, icons, religious objects, books), or poems with a more personal character, such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Greek, Ancient (To 1453)
• ISBN: 2503611729
• ISBN13: 9782503611723
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.