Chrismons and Crosses on the Late Antique Mosaic Pavements from Bulgaria
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: The article examines the cases of placing of the Early Christian Christograms/Staurograms and crosses in diverse iconographies and different number on the Late Antique mosaic pavements from the ancient provinces of the present-day Bulgarian lands/ mostly in the Central and Eastern Balkans. The history and the criteria of the cross in Late Antiquity are traced in the Early Christian liturgy, decoration and art, the official and tacit regulations, laws and bans in that aspect, the exceptions and the reasons causing them.
Source: Journal of Mosaic Research
DOI: 10.26658/jmr.1143758
Author: Vania POPOVA
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4304892460