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- The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium
- The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Telling Visual Stories
- Part II Song and Celebration
- 6 The Dialogue of Annunciation
- 7 Singing MaryThe Annunciation and Nativity in Romanos the Melode
- 8 Mary and Adam on the Threshold of Lent
- 9 The Spiritual and Material Temple
- Part III Preaching her Story
- Part IV New Narratives in the Middle Byzantine Period
- Afterword
- Index
8 - Mary and Adam on the Threshold of Lent
Counterpoint and Intercession in a Kanon for Cheesefare Sunday
from Part II - Song and Celebration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2019
- The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium
- The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Telling Visual Stories
- Part II Song and Celebration
- 6 The Dialogue of Annunciation
- 7 Singing MaryThe Annunciation and Nativity in Romanos the Melode
- 8 Mary and Adam on the Threshold of Lent
- 9 The Spiritual and Material Temple
- Part III Preaching her Story
- Part IV New Narratives in the Middle Byzantine Period
- Afterword
- Index
Summary
A ninth-century kanon hymn, On the Transgression of Adam, composed for Cheesefare Sunday by an otherwise unknown Christopher, reveals a complex construction of Mary as intercessor on the threshold of Lent.
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- The Reception of the Virgin in ByzantiumMarian Narratives in Texts and Images, pp. 180 - 191Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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