The memory of the eyes : pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity / Georgia Frank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Georgia, 1963-

Series:

Transformation of the classical heritage ; 30.

The transformation of the classical heritage ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palladius, Bishop of Aspuna, -approximately 430. Lausiac history.

Palladius.

Historia monachorum in Aegypto.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--History.

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.

Monasticism and religious orders--Egypt--History.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pilgrims in the deserts of Egypt and the holy land during the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. often reported visiting holy people as part of their tours of holy places. This is the first comprehensive study of pilgrimage to these famous ascetics of late antique Christianity.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Pilgrims to the Living in Context; 2. Desert Ascetics and Distant Marvels: The Historia as Travelogue; 3. Imagined Journeys: Literary Paradigms for Pilgrimage to Holy People; 4. Pilgrims and the Eye of Faith; 5. How to Read a Face: Pilgrims and Ascetic Physiognomy; 6. Pilgrims to the Living and the Memory of the Eyes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-210) and index.

ISBN:

9780520924352

0520924355

9781597347426

1597347426

OCLC:

475929385

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08319 hdl