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Pilgrim treasures from the Hermitage : Byzantium-Jerusalem / [concept & (final) editing, Yuri Piatnitsky, Vincent Boele, Marlies Kleiterp ; auteurs, Yu. Piatnitsky ...et al. ; text editing, Henriette Fuhri Snethlage ; translations, Arnoud Bijl, Russian-Dutch, Rita Gircour, English-Dutch, GS Translations & Interpreting, Dutch-English, Kenny MacInnes, Russian-English]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Aldershot, Hampshire, U.K. ; Burlington, VT] : Lund Humphries ; [Amsterdam (Netherlands)] : In association with Hermitage Amsterdam, [c2005]Description: 127 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780853319399
Other title:
  • Byzantium-Jerusalem
Subject(s): Summary: Pilgrim Treasure presents the highlights from the collection of pilgrims' souvenirs: oil lamps and bronze crosses from the Early Byzantine period (4th to 7th centuries), icons and reliquaries from the 10th to the 13th centuries, and pilgrims' souvenirs in mother-of-0earl and fish-bone icons from the 18th and 19th centuries. The flow of Russian pilgrims first to Byzantium and then to the Holy Land created a living link, preserving spiritual and material memories. Returning to Russia, pilgrims took back remarkable works of art, including late Palestinian icons, holy reliquaries and carved souvenirs. This book showcases the physical forms of spiritual quests, showing how different cultures intereacted to create the masterpieces of East Christian art.
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"Catalogue for the exhibition 'Pilgrim Treasures from the Hermitage: Byzantium-Jerusalem', at the Hermitage Amsterdam from 1 October 2005 to 26 March 2006, organised by the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Hermitage Amsterdam."--Colophon (p. 122)

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Pilgrim Treasure presents the highlights from the collection of pilgrims' souvenirs: oil lamps and bronze crosses from the Early Byzantine period (4th to 7th centuries), icons and reliquaries from the 10th to the 13th centuries, and pilgrims' souvenirs in mother-of-0earl and fish-bone icons from the 18th and 19th centuries. The flow of Russian pilgrims first to Byzantium and then to the Holy Land created a living link, preserving spiritual and material memories. Returning to Russia, pilgrims took back remarkable works of art, including late Palestinian icons, holy reliquaries and carved souvenirs. This book showcases the physical forms of spiritual quests, showing how different cultures intereacted to create the masterpieces of East Christian art.

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