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Initially , the book traces the produc- 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 ...
Initially , the book traces the produc- 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 ...
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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 book are the chronicles col- lected together in Kartlis ...
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 book are the chronicles col- lected together in Kartlis ...
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The advantage of studying royal imagery in Georgia lies not only in the quantity and quality of the available material , but also in the unique cultural and political posi- tion of the country . It lies on many borders : on the physical ...
The advantage of studying royal imagery in Georgia lies not only in the quantity and quality of the available material , but also in the unique cultural and political posi- tion of the country . It lies on many borders : on the physical ...
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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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