Pottery, Pavements, and Paradise: Iconographic and Textual Studies on Late Antiquity

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Brill, 2013 - Art - 582 pages
Paulinus of Nola, courtyards, and canthari: a second look / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr -- Thecla the beast fighter: a female emblem of deliverance in early Christian popular art / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr -- "Two men in white:" observations on an early Christian lamp from North Africa with the ascension of Christ / John Herrmann and Annewies van den Hoek -- Anicius Auchenius Bassus, African red slip ware, and the church / Annewies van den Hoek -- The sphinx: an Egyptian theological symbol in Clement of Alexandria / John J. Herrmann and Annewies van den Hoek -- Clement of Alexandria, acrobats, and the elite / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr. -- Celsus' competing heroes: Jonah, Daniel, and their rivals / Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr -- Divine twins or saintly twins: the Dioscuri in an early Christian context / Annewies van den Hoek -- The saga of Peter and Paul: emblems of Catholic identity in Christian literature and art / Annewies van den Hoek -- Apocalyptic themes in the monumental and minor art of early Christianity / John Herrmann and Annewies van den Hoek -- Odysseus wanders into late antiquity / Annewies van den Hoek -- Execution as entertainment: the Roman context of martyrdom / Annewies van den Hoek.

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