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327 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780271035833
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication date: 15 December 2013
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Today we take the word "icon" to mean "a sign," or we equate it with portraits of Christ and the saints. In The Sensual Icon, Bissera Pentcheva demonstrates how icons originally manifested the presence of the Holy Spirit in matter. Christ was the ...
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327 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780271035833
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication date: 15 December 2013
Description
Today we take the word "icon" to mean "a sign," or we equate it with portraits of Christ and the saints. In The Sensual Icon, Bissera Pentcheva demonstrates how icons originally manifested the presence of the Holy Spirit in matter. Christ was the ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings