Purifying Body and Soul. Late Antique Combs, Their Use and
Visual Culture

J 2021

Purifying Body and Soul. Late Antique Combs, Their Use and Visual Culture

FOLETTI, Ivan a Gajane ACHVERDJANOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Purifying Body and Soul. Late Antique Combs, Their Use and Visual Culture

Autoři

FOLETTI, Ivan (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí) a Gajane ACHVERDJANOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Convivium : Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean : Seminarium Kondakovianum Series Nova, Brepols Publishers, 2021, 2336-3452

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60401 Arts, Art history

Stát vydavatele

Belgie

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00123749

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

UT WoS

000766841800001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Baptism; Early Christian comb; funerary context; grave goods; ivories; Late Antiquity; minor arts; purification; ritual; women in the Early Church

Štítky

rivok

Změněno: 22. 4. 2022 15:14, prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Late Antique combs covered with Christian imagery represent extremely challenging but uninvestigated objects. Decorated with representations of Christ’s miracles (e.g., The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes, The Wedding at Cana, The Healing of the Bleeding Woman, etc.), they present some of the essential visual patterns for the Christian identity of their time. Although focusing on tools of daily use may seem odd, this article attempts to understand whether these seemingly mundane objects had a spiritual, possibly ritual, purpose. Following a reflection on the potential role of combs in Late Roman society, the article introduces Christian combs with Christian imagery. A review of the combs’ likely ritual uses based on the few primary sources surviving sheds light on the function of a several examples. Finally, analysis of the images adorning the selected combs as well as of monumental decoration leads to the plausible conclusion that these combs had an initiatory function.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1468/2020, interní kód MU

Název: Materiál a materialita v historické i současné architektonické tvorbě (Akronym: Materiál a materialita)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Materiál a materialita v historické i současné architektonické tvorbě

Citovat

FOLETTI, Ivan a Gajane ACHVERDJANOVÁ. Purifying Body and Soul. Late Antique Combs, Their Use and Visual Culture. Convivium : Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean : Seminarium Kondakovianum Series Nova. Brepols Publishers, 2021, roč. 8, Supplementum 3, s. 78-97. ISSN 2336-3452.

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FOLETTI, Ivan a Gajane ACHVERDJANOVÁ. Purifying Body and Soul. Late Antique Combs, Their Use and Visual Culture. \textit{Convivium : Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and the Mediterranean : Seminarium Kondakovianum Series Nova}. Brepols Publishers, 2021, roč.~8, Supplementum 3, s.~78-97. ISSN~2336-3452.

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