Friday, May 01, 2020

Review of Leatherbury, Inscribing faith in late antiquity

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Inscribing faith in late antiquity: between reading and seeing.
Sean Villareal Leatherbury, Inscribing faith in late antiquity: between reading and seeing. Image, text, and culture in classical antiquity . London; New York: Routledge, 2020. xvii, 366 p., [14 p. of plates]. ISBN 9781472459183 $140.00.

Review by
Michael Hahn, Kommission für Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Michael.Hahn@dainst.de

Preview

This study by Sean Leatherbury aims to reconstruct the perception and performance of the reader of late antique inscriptions in churches, synagogues and mosques from about 300-800 CE. ...

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