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... of each image of a ruler were very carefully designed to impress different audiences , allowing for the coexistence of contradictory portrayals . Specifically , the book concentrates on the five surviving images of Queen Tamar .
... of each image of a ruler were very carefully designed to impress different audiences , allowing for the coexistence of contradictory portrayals . Specifically , the book concentrates on the five surviving images of Queen Tamar .
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... Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction CONTENTS PART 1 : MONUMENTS I Royal Imagery Before the Unification of Georgia ( 888-1008 ) II The Imagery of United Georgia ( 1008-1184 ) III The Imagery of Queen Tamar ( 1184-1213 ) ...
... Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction CONTENTS PART 1 : MONUMENTS I Royal Imagery Before the Unification of Georgia ( 888-1008 ) II The Imagery of United Georgia ( 1008-1184 ) III The Imagery of Queen Tamar ( 1184-1213 ) ...
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Donor image of Giorgi III and Tamar . Vardzia . Church of the Dormition . North wall . Detail of Queen Tamar . Q'inc'visi ( c . 1207 ) . Giorgi III , Tamar , and Giorgi IV Laša before Christ in north transept .
Donor image of Giorgi III and Tamar . Vardzia . Church of the Dormition . North wall . Detail of Queen Tamar . Q'inc'visi ( c . 1207 ) . Giorgi III , Tamar , and Giorgi IV Laša before Christ in north transept .
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Detail of Tamar in c.1920 ( after Amiranašvili ) . Constantinople . Hagia Sophia . Constantine IX Monomachos and Zoe before Christ in south gallery ( c.1045 ) . Coins of Queen Tamar : ( a ) Giorgi III and Tamar ; ( b ) Tamar and Davit ...
Detail of Tamar in c.1920 ( after Amiranašvili ) . Constantinople . Hagia Sophia . Constantine IX Monomachos and Zoe before Christ in south gallery ( c.1045 ) . Coins of Queen Tamar : ( a ) Giorgi III and Tamar ; ( b ) Tamar and Davit ...
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Detail of Queen Tamar . Betania . South transept . Donor image of Sumbat ' and Lip'arit ' Orbeli before the Mother of God . Betania . West wall . St. Mary of Egypt receiving communion from St. Zosimus . Bertubani ( 1212-13 ) .
Detail of Queen Tamar . Betania . South transept . Donor image of Sumbat ' and Lip'arit ' Orbeli before the Mother of God . Betania . West wall . St. Mary of Egypt receiving communion from St. Zosimus . Bertubani ( 1212-13 ) .
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Page xix - N. Thierry, Le souverain dans les programmes d'églises en Cappadoce et en Géorgie du X' au XIII' siècle, dans Revue des études géorgiennes et caucasiennes, 4, 1988, p.
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| Title | Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia |
| Author | Antony Eastmond |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Penn State Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0271043911, 9780271043913 |
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