For today's #MosaicMonday an early 4th century AD mosaic, discovered in the basilica of Aquileia, depicting the fight between a rooster and a turtle, commonly interpreted as the representation of light/good (rooster) and darkness/evil (turtle).
This is my most viewed image on Fickr. A pov shot looking up towards the dome in the sanctuary of San Vitale in #Ravenna. Gives a good sense of the mosaic program. Over 11K views!
Mosaic panel from Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in #Ravenna which shows Jesus casting out demons from the Gerasene demoniac into a herd of pigs. The story is told in Mark 5:1-5:20 and Luke 8:26-8:39.
Apse and sanctuary of the "double church" or "Church of Mary" at #Ephesus. It's believed that the Council of Ephesus was held here in 431. It was the first church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, the #Theotokos
#introduction
Turns out I made a mastodon account 6 years ago! I'm Kent, a historian of #religion in #LateAntiquity working on the prose #hagiography of Venantius Fortunatus; editor- and tutor-for-hire (see link in profile); college #humanities instructor; dad to six cats 🐈 and husband to a brilliant scholar.
Originally from #NewMexico, currently in Lexington, KY.
Here I hope to share interesting tidbits from my field, as well as thoughts about research and pedagogy. And of course cat pics.
This is the account for Manuscript, Rare Book & Archive Studies (MARBAS) at Princeton. We're an initiative dedicated to sharing resources and techniques related to textual artifacts produced before 1600. That's manuscripts, archival documents, early printed books, papyri, inscriptions, the list goes on! We're all about premodern texts and the multitudes of materials that have carried them.
#introductions We are a long-term project based in Berlin (Germany).
Started in 2011, the project edits #Bible#commentaries and other texts by key authors of #LateAntiquity: Eusebius of Caesarea, Cyril of Alexandria, Hesychius of Jerusalem, Procopius of Gaza, Severian of Gabala and Theodoret of Cyrrhus. Their commentaries and sermons are important in the history of #Christianity because of their powerful influence in the medieval and early modern periods, but they are also an intriguing branch of ancient literary #exegesis, and, as such, are of great interest for literary and historical studies, philology and philosophy.
The editions are published online (and open access) in the Patristic Text Archive (#PTA) and in print in the series "Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller (GCS)" (DeGruyter).