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Page xiii
... nature of the scholarship that precedes their research , and the hospitality they receive on their travels in Georgia . I have been very fortunate in both these re- spects . My book would have been impossible without the wealth of ...
... nature of the scholarship that precedes their research , and the hospitality they receive on their travels in Georgia . I have been very fortunate in both these re- spects . My book would have been impossible without the wealth of ...
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... nature of each ruler behind the propagandist façade of his or her image . My approach is to give the surviving visual evidence far greater weight as impor- tant historical evidence of the reigns of the kings and queens it depicts . It ...
... nature of each ruler behind the propagandist façade of his or her image . My approach is to give the surviving visual evidence far greater weight as impor- tant historical evidence of the reigns of the kings and queens it depicts . It ...
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... nature of the rulers ' power . Analyses of the im- ages that ignore their context pass by much of their meaning . By placing much greater weight on visual evidence , this book must examine the relationship between the images and the ...
... nature of the rulers ' power . Analyses of the im- ages that ignore their context pass by much of their meaning . By placing much greater weight on visual evidence , this book must examine the relationship between the images and the ...
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... natural accompaniment of military or political success . Thus , the interpreta- tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather than embodies or creates . = The principal historical sources considered in this ...
... natural accompaniment of military or political success . Thus , the interpreta- tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather than embodies or creates . = The principal historical sources considered in this ...
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... nature were reflected in the titles held by all the Bagrat'ioni kings . Even as late as the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184-1213 ) , power was conceived in these cumulative terms : " By the will of God , Tamar Bagratuniani , King and Queen ...
... nature were reflected in the titles held by all the Bagrat'ioni kings . Even as late as the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184-1213 ) , power was conceived in these cumulative terms : " By the will of God , Tamar Bagratuniani , King and Queen ...
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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.