Cultic Graffiti in the Late Antique Mediterranean and Beyond
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- Nombre de pages192
- PrésentationBroché
- FormatGrand Format
- Poids0.86 kg
- Dimensions21,6 cm × 28,0 cm × 1,5 cm
- ISBN978-2-503-59311-1
- EAN9782503593111
- Date de parution27/08/2021
- CollectionContextualizing the Sacred
- ÉditeurBrepols
Résumé
Studies of cultic practice in Late Antiquity generally rely on texts written by the ecclesiastical elite, providing a lens - and often, a hagiographical agenda - through which the actions of devotees must be viewed. A singular exception to this is graffiti, scratched or drawn on the walls of religious shrines, with the personal messages of individual worshippers. This volume presents and discusses cultic graffiti across the late antique Mediterranean, and beyond into Nubia and Arabia, exploring this unmediated evidence of ordinary men and women invoking and seeking the help of God and the saints.
While the principal focus of many of the chapters gathered here is the Christian world, attention is also paid to pre-Christian practice as well as to the world of early Islam. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the evidence of both history and archaeology, these contributions offer important insights into how men and women interacted with the divine during Late Antiquity.
While the principal focus of many of the chapters gathered here is the Christian world, attention is also paid to pre-Christian practice as well as to the world of early Islam. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the evidence of both history and archaeology, these contributions offer important insights into how men and women interacted with the divine during Late Antiquity.
Studies of cultic practice in Late Antiquity generally rely on texts written by the ecclesiastical elite, providing a lens - and often, a hagiographical agenda - through which the actions of devotees must be viewed. A singular exception to this is graffiti, scratched or drawn on the walls of religious shrines, with the personal messages of individual worshippers. This volume presents and discusses cultic graffiti across the late antique Mediterranean, and beyond into Nubia and Arabia, exploring this unmediated evidence of ordinary men and women invoking and seeking the help of God and the saints.
While the principal focus of many of the chapters gathered here is the Christian world, attention is also paid to pre-Christian practice as well as to the world of early Islam. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the evidence of both history and archaeology, these contributions offer important insights into how men and women interacted with the divine during Late Antiquity.
While the principal focus of many of the chapters gathered here is the Christian world, attention is also paid to pre-Christian practice as well as to the world of early Islam. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the evidence of both history and archaeology, these contributions offer important insights into how men and women interacted with the divine during Late Antiquity.