Book contents
- 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
- Part III Preaching her Story
- Part IV New Narratives in the Middle Byzantine Period
- 14 The Life of the Theotokos by Epiphanios of Kallistratos
- 15 The Story of an EditionAntoine Wenger and John Geometres’ Life of the Virgin Mary
- Afterword
- Index
15 - The Story of an EditionAntoine Wenger and John Geometres’ Life of the Virgin Mary
from Part IV - New Narratives in the Middle Byzantine Period
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
- Part III Preaching her Story
- Part IV New Narratives in the Middle Byzantine Period
- 14 The Life of the Theotokos by Epiphanios of Kallistratos
- 15 The Story of an EditionAntoine Wenger and John Geometres’ Life of the Virgin Mary
- Afterword
- Index
Summary
John Geometres (ca. 935/40–1000) flourished in Constantinople during the second half of the tenth century, counting among his contemporaries Symeon Metaphrastes (d. ca. 1000), Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022), Athanasios of Athos (ca. 925/30–ca. 1001), and Leo the Deacon (ca. 950–1000).
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- The Reception of the Virgin in ByzantiumMarian Narratives in Texts and Images, pp. 324 - 340Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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