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... for expressing views of royal power and authority . The question of intention cannot , therefore , be avoided . However , I am aware that it is fraught with problems : intentions can never be conclusively established , and any ...
... for expressing views of royal power and authority . The question of intention cannot , therefore , be avoided . However , I am aware that it is fraught with problems : intentions can never be conclusively established , and any ...
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I do not seek to attribute specific intentions to specific patrons ; rather , I hope to establish the general patterns of intention that could lie behind the creation of Georgian monuments . I take as my main assumption that all secular ...
I do not seek to attribute specific intentions to specific patrons ; rather , I hope to establish the general patterns of intention that could lie behind the creation of Georgian monuments . I take as my main assumption that all secular ...
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They had only established themselves in T'ao - K'larjeti , in the South- west of Georgia , under Ašot ' I the Great ( 786-826 ) at the beginning of the ninth cen- tury . Ašot ' I ruled from Art'anuj , the principal fortress city of the ...
They had only established themselves in T'ao - K'larjeti , in the South- west of Georgia , under Ašot ' I the Great ( 786-826 ) at the beginning of the ninth cen- tury . Ašot ' I ruled from Art'anuj , the principal fortress city of the ...
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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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