Images of the Mother of God: perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium

Foreword / Angelos Delivorrias

Preface / Evangelos Chrysos

Acknowledgements / Maria Vassilaki

Introduction / Averil Cameron

1. Isis and Mary in early icons / Thomas F. Mathews and Norman Muller

2. enigmatic Coptic Galaktotrophousa and the cult of the Virgin Mary in Egypt / Elizabeth S. Bolman

3. Icons and sites : cult images of the Virgin in medieval Rome / Gerhard Wolf

4. Theotokos and Logos : the interpretation and reinterpretation of the sanctuary programme of the Koimesis Church, Nicaea / Charles Barber

5. Virgin as the true Ark of the Covenant / Michel van Esbroeck

6. Theotokos in Byzantine hymnography : typology and allegory / Christian Hannick

7. Use and abuse of the 'image' of the Theotokos in the political life of Byzantium (with special reference to the iconoclast period) / Nike Koutrakou

8. From poetry to liturgy : the cult of the Virgin in the Middle Byzantine era / Niki Tsironis

9. Exchanging embrace : the body of salvation / Ioli Kalavrezou

10. symbolism of the censer in Byzantine representations of the Dormition of the Virgin / Maria Evangelatou

11. Portaitissa icon at Iveron monastery and the cult of the Virgin on Mount Athos / Kriton Chryssochoidis

12. empress and the Virgin in early Byzantium : piety, authority and devotion / Liz James

13. Female piety in context : understanding developments in private devotional practices / Brigitte Pitarakis

14. eyes of the mother of God / Robin Cormack

15. Zoe's lead seal : female invocation to the Annunciation of the Virgin / Vasso Penna

16. Byzantine domestic art as evidence for the early cult of the Virgin / Henry Maguire

17. 'activated' icon : the Hodegetria procession and Mary's Eisodos / Bissera V. Pentcheva

18. Picturing the spiritual protector : from Blachernitissa to Hodegetria / Christine Angelidi and Titos Papamastorakis

19. image of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege : two questions concerning its origin / Natalia Teteriatnikov

20. cult of the Virgin Zoodochos Pege at Mistra / Rhodoniki Etzeoglou

21. Virgin, the Christ-child and the evil eye / Vassiliki Foskolou

22. Praying for the salvation of the empire? / Maria Vassilaki

23. Thoughts on Mary east and west / Annemarie Weyl Carr

24. Kahn and Mellon Madonnas and their place in the history of the Virgin and child enthroned in Italy and the East / Rebecca W. Corrie

25. Representations of the Virgin in Lusignan Cyprus / Sophia Kalopissi-Verti

26. legacy of the Hodegetria : holy icons and legends between east and west / Michele Bacci

27. Byzantine icon of the dexiokratousa Hodegetria from Crete at the Benaki Museum / Nano Chatzidakis

Epilogue / Maria Vassilaki.