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Shaping the Sacred: Light and the Experience of Worship in Middle Byzantine Churches

Nesbitt, C.

Authors

C. Nesbitt



Contributors

Claire Nesbitt htfj67@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

Byzantine churches have been extensively studied in terms of their architectural development and in their role as places to display religious art. However there has been less research into one of the most fundamental aspects of the Byzantine ritual experience, illumination. In practical terms, churches had to be illuminated sufficiently for worship to take place. In experiential terms, lighting can be seen as the medium by which the iconographic programmes and liturgical practices were staged and enhanced. This paper considers the archaeological and textual evidence linking physical illumination of buildings with the experience of their sacred function.

Citation

Nesbitt, C. (2012). Shaping the Sacred: Light and the Experience of Worship in Middle Byzantine Churches. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 36(2), 139-160. https://doi.org/10.1179/0307013112z.0000000009

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2012
Deposit Date Apr 13, 2011
Journal Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
Print ISSN 0307-0131
Electronic ISSN 1749-625X
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 36
Issue 2
Pages 139-160
DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/0307013112z.0000000009
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1509816

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