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The competition for souls: Sava of Serbia and consumer choice in religion in the thirteenth century Balkans [PDF]

, 2006
SUMMARY The word αίρεσις , heresy means choice and in a world where religious belief was taken for granted the history of Catharism in Europe can be explained through believers exercising many of the criteria they were later to adapt to choosing secular
Roach, A.P.
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A Game-Theoretic Framework for Optimum Decision Fusion in the Presence of Byzantines

, 2015
Optimum decision fusion in the presence of malicious nodes - often referred to as Byzantines - is hindered by the necessity of exactly knowing the statistical behavior of Byzantines.
Abrardo, Andrea, Barni, Mauro, Kallas, Kassem, Tondi, Benedetta   +3 more
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Divine kingship and Afro-Byzantine political theology through syncretism: Intersections of faith, power, and art in Nubia and Ethiopia [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
This article examines how Byzantine political theology was transmitted and transformed within African Christian kingdoms of Nubia and Ethiopia particularly through religious art.
Professor Raita Steyn
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How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University [PDF]

, 1989
Hymns have always been part of Christian liturgy, expressing the faith in congregational song. The NZ hymnwriter of the late twentieth century writes within a secular society which increasingly questions the relevance of religion.
Larner, WJ, Mayow, T
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Interdisciplinary Study of a 15th-Century Byzantine Embroidery Fragment from St Elisabeth’s Cathedral in Košice (Slovakia)

Religions
This study investigates a Byzantine embroidery fragment found in the Cathedral of St Elisabeth in Košice, Slovakia, which is believed to come from a 15th-century epitrachelion.
Eva Hasalová, Andrej Krivda, Alena Piatrová   +2 more
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Introduction [PDF]

, 2016
The seminars entitled Palaeography Between East & West, which I convened at Sapienza University, aimed at offering a forum, a place of sharing knowledge and debate, to scholars who deal with manuscript materials in various languages and alphabets ...
D'Ottone, Arianna
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An Image of Power in Transition: St. George Slaying Diocletian and the War of Images

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture, 2019
This essay discusses the mounted image of St. George slaying an emperor within the broader context of how and why early Christian images were transformed and adapted to the early Byzantine religious style. The representational framework of Arthur Danto’s
Stephen Snyder
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Spaces for Deposition of Offerings in Early Byzantine Churches: Possible Sacristies at Golemo Gradište, Konjuh

, 2018
This paper is primarily a presentation of two recently excavated rooms in the 6th c. Episcopal Basili-ca at the site of Golemo Gradište, village of Konjuh.
Snively, Carolyn S.
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New Mathematical and Algorithmic Schemes for Pattern Classification with Application to the Identification of Writers of Important Ancient Documents

, 2013
In this paper, a novel approach is introduced for classifying curves into proper families, according to their similarity. First, a mathematical quantity we call plane curvature is introduced and a number of propositions are stated and proved.
Arabadjis, Dimitris, Blackwell, Christopher, Giannopoulos, Fotios, Panagopoulos, Michail, Papaodysseus, Constantin, Rousopoulos, Panayiotis, Zannos, Solomon   +6 more
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THE SACRED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANIMAL SYMBOLISM AND SAINTS ON SARCOPHAGI RELIQUARIES IN SYRIA

Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology
Throughout the centuries, animals held great significance in every civilization, particularly during the Byzantine period. Animal motifs permeated Byzantine art, bearing profound and significant associations and meanings.
Dana KHOULI
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