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Thresholds of the sacred : architectural, art historical, liturgical, and theological perspectives on religious screens, East and West
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Thresholds of the sacred : architectural, art historical, liturgical, and theological perspectives on religious screens, East and West

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"Collection of nine papers and introduction concerning the development and meaning of the iconostasis ... presented in the May 2003 Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies symposium"--Data view.

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Penetrating the sacred : breaches and barriers in the Jerusalem Temple / Joan R. Branham
The decline of communion in Byzantium and the distancing of the congregation from the liturgical action : cause, effect, or neither? / Robert F. Taft
Dividing interior space in early Byzantine churches : the barriers between the nave and aisles / Urs Peschlow
Veiling sanctity in Christian Egypt : visual and spatial solutions / Elizabeth S. Bolman
The proskynetaria of the templon and narthex : form, imagery, spatial connections, and reception / Sophia Kalopissi-Verti
An alternative view of the late Byzantine sanctuary screen. Appendix : solid masonry templa / Sharon E.J. Gerstel
Symeon of Thessalonike and the theology of the icon screen / Nicholas P. Constas
Seeing through screens : the gothic choir enclosure as frame / Jacqueline E. Jung
The tramezzo in the Italian Renaissance, revisited
Marcia B. Hall.

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Thresholds of the sacred : architectural, art historical, liturgical, and theological perspectives on religious screens, East and West. ISBN 9780884023111. Published by Dumbarton Oaks in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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