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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
9 - The Spiritual and Material Temple
Byzantine Kanon Poetry for the Feast of the Entrance
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
The feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple (Ta Eisodia tes Theotokou), celebrated according to the Byzantine liturgical calendar on 21 November, constitutes one of the twelve great feasts of the church year.
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- The Reception of the Virgin in ByzantiumMarian Narratives in Texts and Images, pp. 192 - 214Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019