The Traditio Legis: Anatomy of an Image

The Traditio Legis: Anatomy of an Image PDF Author: Robert Couzin
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1784910821
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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Book Description
This monograph engages in a close reading of the traditio legis, highlighting its novelty and complexity to early Christian viewers. The image is analyzed as a conflation of two distinct forms of representation, each constructed of unusual and potentially multivalent elements.