“And Behold A Door Was Opened in Heaven”: Vision and Visual Strategies in Three Vernacular Apocalypses from Fourteenth-Century England

In: The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition
Author:
Renana Bartal
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640–654
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004270268_028

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The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition

A Comparative Perspective

Series:  Studia in Veteris Testamenti Pseudepigrapha, Volume: 25
Cover The Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition
E-Book ISBN:
9789004270268
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2014
Preliminary Material
Introduction to Part I
The Origin and Legacy of the Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition
Jewish Apocalyptic Literature in the Armenian Tradition
The Epic of Sasun: Armenian Apocalypse
The Reception of the Book of Daniel in Late Ancient and Medieval Armenian Society
The Armenian Seventh Vision of Daniel and the Historical Apocalyptica of Late Antiquity
Enoch in Armenian Apocrypha
The Georgian Nimrod
Geometry and Contemplation: The Architecture of Vardan Anec‘i’s Vision of the Throne-Chariot. Theosis and the Art of Memory in Armenia
The Reception of the Biblical Book of Revelation in Armenia
Armenian Witnesses of Three Eschatological Motifs
The Vision of Saint Gregory and Its Interpretations
The Vision of St. Grigor Lusaworič‘ and the Role of Apocalyptic in the Conversion of Armenia
The Vision of St. Sahak in the History of Łazar P‘arpec‘i
The Visions of Grigor and Sahak Part‘ew: Old Georgian Versions and Their Reflection in Georgian Sources
Medieval Armenian Apocalypticism in Context
The Armenian Version of the Apocalypse of Ps.-Methodius
Apocalypticizing Warfare: From Political Theology to Imperial Eschatology in Seventh- to Early Eighth-Century Byzantium
The Visions of Grigor Narekac‘i
Introduction to Part II
The Last Emperor or the Last Armenian King? Some Considerations on Armenian Apocalyptic Literature from the Cilician Period
Vardan Aygekc‘i’s Counsel and the Medieval Armenian Apocalyptic Tradition
Apocalyptic Traditions in the Armenian Dormition Narratives
Sundials and Medieval Armenian Architecture
Voir Dieu : l’iconographie arménienne de la Vision du Trône d’Ezéchiel dans le contexte de l’art de l’Orient chrétien
Illuminating the Apocalypse in Seventeenth-Century Armenian Manuscripts: The Transition from Printed Book to Manuscript
Burn the World Down: Manichaean Apocalyptic in Comparative Perspective
Syriac Apocalyptic Literature
‘Orthodox’ Faith and Political Legitimization of a ‘Solomonic’ Dynasty of Rulers in the Ethiopic Kebra Nagast
Historical Apocalypses in Medieval Bulgarian Literature (10th–14th Centuries)
Armenian Apocalyptica and Medieval Apocalypticism: Some Reflections
List of Contributions According to Conference Presentation
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Manuscripts and Manuscript Collections

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