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Hardcover The Trophies of the Martyrs: An Art Historical Study of Early Christian Silver Reliquaries Book

ISBN: 0199217742

ISBN13: 9780199217748

The Trophies of the Martyrs: An Art Historical Study of Early Christian Silver Reliquaries

(Part of the Oxford Studies in Byzantium Series)

In this pioneering study, the first of its kind, Galit Noga-Banai analyses silver reliquaries decorated with Christian figurative themes. She offers a clearer and more detailed picture of the beginnings of the cult of relics, which were an essential asset to the Church in its establishment of
pilgrimage centres and local hagiographic heritage sites, first in Italy and later in other places around Europe and North Africa. At the same time, Noga-Banai...

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