Consecrated virgins as living reliquaries in Late Antiquity

J 2019

Consecrated virgins as living reliquaries in Late Antiquity

SISSEL, Undheim and Dan-Vladimir IVANOVICI

Basic information

Original name

Consecrated virgins as living reliquaries in Late Antiquity

Authors

SISSEL, Undheim (578 Norway) and Dan-Vladimir IVANOVICI (642 Romania, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

RIHA Journal, International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art, 2019, 2190-3328

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60401 Arts, Art history

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/19:00111347

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

UT WoS

000492316500007

Keywords in English

virgins; late antiquity; reliquary

Abstract

V originále

This article discusses the ways in which the physical presence of consecrated virgins was perceived, described, and subsequently altered in Late Antiquity. In the course of the fourth and fifth centuries CE, through codes that regulated their behaviour and outward appearance, and through the assignment of specific ritual functions and spaces, bishops constructed a new and long-lasting image of consecrated virgins. The resulting model, the authors argue, was shaped by notions regarding female anatomy as well as by their association with the Virgin Mary; it was similar to a precious reliquary: a container whose aesthetic indicated the consecrated nature of its interior.

Links

MUNI/H/1402/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Transforming the Spaces and the Minds. Materiality, Performativity and Perception in the Late Antique (4th–6th century) Baptismal Zones (Acronym: TSP)

Investor: Masaryk University, Individual High risk/high gain projects

Citovat

SISSEL, Undheim and Dan-Vladimir IVANOVICI. Consecrated virgins as living reliquaries in Late Antiquity. RIHA Journal. International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art, 2019, Neuveden, 30 September 2019, p. 1-21. ISSN 2190-3328.

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SISSEL, Undheim and Dan-Vladimir IVANOVICI. Consecrated virgins as living reliquaries in Late Antiquity. \textit{RIHA Journal}. International Association of Research Institutes in the History of Art, 2019, Neuveden, 30 September 2019, p.~1-21. ISSN~2190-3328.

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