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... tion and interpretation of royal imagery over three centuries , from the revival of the Georgian monarchy in the ninth century to its culmination in the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184-1213 ) on the eve of the Mongolian invasions . Eastmond ...
... tion and interpretation of royal imagery over three centuries , from the revival of the Georgian monarchy in the ninth century to its culmination in the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184-1213 ) on the eve of the Mongolian invasions . Eastmond ...
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... tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather than embodies or creates . = The principal historical sources considered in this book are the chronicles col- lected together in Kartlis Cxovreba ( literally The ...
... tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather than embodies or creates . = The principal historical sources considered in this book are the chronicles col- lected together in Kartlis Cxovreba ( literally The ...
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... tion of the country . It lies on many borders : on the physical frontier between Europe and Asia , dominated by the Caucasus Mountains , which make up its northern bor- der , and by the Black Sea to the west ; on the religious frontier ...
... tion of the country . It lies on many borders : on the physical frontier between Europe and Asia , dominated by the Caucasus Mountains , which make up its northern bor- der , and by the Black Sea to the west ; on the religious frontier ...
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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.