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Artificial Light in Medieval Churches / (Record no. 41751)

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International Standard Book Number 9789004747876
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Standard number or code 10.1163/9789004747876
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Classification number 729/.28
Edition information 23
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Artificial Light in Medieval Churches /
Statement of responsibility, etc. edited by Vladimir Ivanovici and Alice Isabella Sullivan.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Brill,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2026.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2026
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Series statement East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ;
Volume/sequential designation 98
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Series statement Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Vladimir Ivanovici and Alice Isabella Sullivan -- 1 Icons and the Science of Low Light -- Robert S. Nelson -- part 1: Artificial Lights in Context -- 2 Artificial Light and Monumental Art in the Rock-Cut New Church at Tokalı Kilise -- Evan Freeman -- 3 Artificial and Natural Light at San Marco in Venice -- Thomas E. A. Dale -- 4 Lighting Equipment, Ritual, and the Iconography of Light at Dečani Monastery -- Anna Adashinskaya -- 5 Observations on the Productivity of Romanesque ‘Darkness’: Windows and Light in Religious Architecture South of the Alps -- Daniela Mondini -- 6 Artificial Light, Architecture, Furnishings, and Ritual in the Medieval Churches of Old Livonia -- Vera Henkelmann -- part 2: Lighting Instruments and Sources -- 7 The Influence of the Jerusalemite Miracle of Holy Light on Medieval Sacred Space -- Teresa Shawcross -- 8 Light in Byzantine Typika: between Textual and Material Sources -- Danijela Tešić Radovanović and Branka Gugolj -- 9 Lighting Instruments in Byzantine Monastic Typika: a Contribution to the Study of Material Culture through Written Sources -- Diego R. Fittipaldi -- 10 Lighting Mediterranean Routes: Byzantine Lighting Devices in Sicily -- Giulia Arcidiacono -- part 3: Modeling Light -- 11 The Illumination of the Studenica Church during Evening Services -- Jelena Bogdanović, Leslie Forehand, Dušan Danilović, Magdalena Dragović, Jacob Gasper, Travis Yeager, Debanjana Chatterjee, Marko Pejić, Aleksandar Čučaković and Charles Kerton -- Conclusion: beyond Artificial Light -- Glossary of Key Greek Terms -- Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This volume examines the economy of artificial light in medieval churches across Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean region, and the broader medieval spheres. Whether innovative or inspired by the more established Latin and Byzantine traditions, the chapters explore local customs in order to understand how artificial light was used in ecclesiastical spaces, and how it brought together aspects of the architecture, decoration, objects, and rituals, while implicating the celebrants and the faithful gathered within the spaces. This volume complements the publication Natural Light in Medieval Churches (Brill, 2023). Contributors are: Anna Adashinskaya, Giulia Arcidiacono, Jelena Bogdanović, Debanjana Chatterjee, Aleksandar Čučaković, Dušan Danilović, Thomas E. A. Dale, Magdalena Dragović, Diego R. Fittipaldi, Evan Freeman, Leslie Forehand, Jacob Gasper, Branka Gugolj, Vera Henkelmann, Vladimir Ivanovici, Charles Kerton, Daniela Mondini, Robert S. Nelson, Marko Pejić, Teresa Shawcross, Alice Isabella Sullivan, Danijela Tešić Radovanović, and Travis Yeager.
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Language note English
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Source of description note Description based on print version record.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Architecture, Medieval
Geographic subdivision Europe
Form subdivision Congresses.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Church architecture
Geographic subdivision Europe
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650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Light in architecture
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Light
General subdivision Religious aspects
-- Christianity
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Personal name Ivanovici, Vladimir,
Relator term editor.
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Personal name Sullivan, Alice Isabella,
Relator term editor.
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Relationship information Print version:
Title Artificial Light in Medieval Churches.
Place, publisher, and date of publication Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.
International Standard Book Number 9789004747869
Record control number (OCoLC)1527883926
-- (DLC) 2025039616
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ;
Volume/sequential designation 98.
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Uniform title Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004747876">http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004747876</a>

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