Konštantínove listy/Constantine’s Letters is an international scientific journal which has been published in Constantine the Philosopher University Nitra since 2008. The main goal of to present problems and themes intertwined with cultural political history Great Moravia during 9th century as well continuity Cyrillo-Methodian tradition later times. Next, there also space for other adjacent topi...

The trinitarian dogma is not mentioned in the Biblical text expressis verbis, but there are several passages which were interpreted, especially by Church Fathers, as hints to triune God. Most of them be found Old Testament and illustrated Early Christian Byzantine art. Judging these monuments, a difference between Western iconography. Whereas artists West obviously had no qualms about depicting...

Konštantínove listy/Constantine’s Letters is an international scientific journal which has been published in Constantine the Philosopher University Nitra since 2008. The main goal of to present problems and themes intertwined with cultural political history Great Moravia during 9th century as well continuity Cyrillo-Methodian tradition later times. Next, there also space for other adjacent topi...

The Transfiguration scene depicted in a Byzantine church at Shivta, Israel, is one of two figurative examples of the scene from the early Christian period. The use of Egyptian blue pigment in the wall painting was investigated with various analytical methods. Visible Induced Luminescence (VIL) imaging was used in-situ in order to map the distribution of the Egyptian blue pigment in the painting...

Abstract The iconography of the Communion Apostles, a theme well established in Byzantine art after Iconoclasm, first appears securely dated context silver patens from Riha and Stuma. These plates were produced Constantinople sometime between 575 578. with twofold depiction Christ is usually explained as reflection liturgical practice Eucharist, namely, two actors Eucharistic rite, priest deaco...

The degradation effects of artificial aging on the “true” pigment color Byzantine iconography are thoroughly investigated in this work. For purpose, a multi-material palette is fabricated, consisting various popular egg-tempera pigments, while original recipes from literature utilized order to mimic genuine art painters. Then, procedures appropriately employed simulate environmental fluctuation...

Since the Bible is regarded as the most important source of Christian iconography and iconography in return is the visual interpretation of the Bible, the relationship between Christian iconography and biblical interpretation is noteworthy. In some cases this relationship is such that the visual representation is actively involved in the interpretation of the biblical text and is...

algebra we learn ed . The visual algebraic components of Warlpiri iconography are obvious. We have a finite set of symbols and the symbols may becombined to make more complex struc tu res accord ing to a finite set of ru les. Compare this to the formation of equations in college algebra where the letters x and y, the in tegers 2 and 3, and the symbols =, + : , and " combine to make the complex ...