The iconographical type of saints Theodore Teron and Theodore Stratelates facing each other and its diffusion during the Byzantine and post-Byzantine period

This article investigates frontispiece images of saints, including portraits of would‐be saints, published in saints' and would‐be‐saints' Vite in post‐Tridentine Naples. It argues...

Saint Sampson, whose feast is celebrated on June 27, was depicted among holy physicians. However, his images were not frequent. He was usually accompanied with Saint Mokios (...

In the collection of the Museum of the British School at Athens two specimens of the so-called ‘Melian Reliefs’ have been discovered. Sphinxes are already known in this class of re...

Abstract This article applies the notion of participation in artworks to the phenomenon of punk and post-punk. Participation has been championed as a means of descri...

<p><strong>Background</strong> Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) become the leading cause of death, particularly in low-income settings. However, the health post f...

A Considerable literature has grown up in an attempt to interpret the Lives of the Celtic Saints. It is, however, concerned almost exclusively with hagiological, textual and litera...

The authority of a Renaissance ruler seemed to depend in part on the divine protection afforded him during his life. The identity of his protectors was to some extent a matter of b...

The homily on the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626 attributed to Theodore Syncellus shares numerous linguistic features both with Theodore’s homily of 623 on the Virgin’s Robe a...