Interpreting genesis: A note on artistic invention and the Byzantine illuminated letter

The article explores iconography of the illuminated initial letters in the Byzantine tenth century Homilies of John Chrysostom and other authors with special reference to Oxford, Bodl. lib., Auct. T. 3.3. It is argued that pictorial initials composed of human figures and human-animal combats function as detailed visual interpretations of the written text, displaying at the same time artistic uniqueness and imagination

The scribe as artist in the Chrysostom Manuscript in Venice: Reconsideration

Maayan-Fanar Emma. The scribe as artist in the Chrysostom Manuscript in Venice: Reconsideration. In: Scriptorium, Tome 59 n°2, 2005. pp. 119-131

Salvific imagery in the Barberini psalter (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. gr. 285)

The article explores iconography of the illuminated initial letters in the tenth-eleventh-century Italo-Byzantine psalter (Vatican, Barber. gr. 285). It is argued that its initial letters clearly express Byzantine attitude to personal prayer, a plea for salvation and the struggle with evil through the words of Psalms, despite the mixture of models, most of which are certainly of non-Byzantine character

Put do "sveta koji dolazi“ : razmišljanja o ikonografiji dve jedinstvene nekropole u Galileji

This paper discusses two unique burial complexes in Galilee, Israel: the Jewish the necropolis at Beth Shearim and the Christian necropolis in Shefar'am. The first flourished in the 3rd and 4th centuries of the Christian era, although it probably remained in use until the 6th century. The second necropolis could have been in use throughout the 4th and 5th centuries. The ideas expressed in the illuminated program of the Shefar'am complex seem ideologically connected to those in Beth Shearim. Quite possibly, therefore, the early Christian site was structured as a reflection of Jewish concepts of resurrection and eschatology.Ovaj rad razmatra dva jedinstvena funerarna kompleksa u Galileji (Izrael): jevrejsku nekropolu u Bet Šearimu i hrišćansku nekropolu u Šefar'amu. Prva je bila aktivna tokom III i IV veka nove ere, premda je verovatno ostala u upotrebi sve do VI veka. Druga nekropola je mogla biti u upotrebi tokom IV i V veka. Čini se da su ideje izražene slikanim programom kompleksa u Šefar'amu povezane sa onima iz Bet Šearima. Moguće je, stoga, da je ranohrišćanski lokalitet struktuiran kao odraz jevreskih eshatoloških ideja i shvatanja vaskrsenja