Artificial Light in Medieval Churches / edited by Vladimir Ivanovici and Alice Isabella Sullivan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ivanovici, Vladimir, editor.

Sullivan, Alice Isabella, editor.

Series:

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 98.

Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; 98

Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Medieval--Europe--Congresses.

Architecture, Medieval.

Church architecture--Europe--Congresses.

Church architecture.

Light in architecture--Congresses.

Light in architecture.

Light--Religious aspects--Christianity--Congresses.

Light.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines the economy of artificial light in medieval churches across Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean region, and the broader medieval spheres. Whether innovative or inspired by the more established Latin and Byzantine traditions, the chapters explore local customs in order to understand how artificial light was used in ecclesiastical spaces, and how it brought together aspects of the architecture, decoration, objects, and rituals, while implicating the celebrants and the faithful gathered within the spaces. This volume complements the publication Natural Light in Medieval Churches (Brill, 2023). Contributors are: Anna Adashinskaya, Giulia Arcidiacono, Jelena Bogdanović, Debanjana Chatterjee, Aleksandar Čučaković, Dušan Danilović, Thomas E. A. Dale, Magdalena Dragović, Diego R. Fittipaldi, Evan Freeman, Leslie Forehand, Jacob Gasper, Branka Gugolj, Vera Henkelmann, Vladimir Ivanovici, Charles Kerton, Daniela Mondini, Robert S. Nelson, Marko Pejić, Teresa Shawcross, Alice Isabella Sullivan, Danijela Tešić Radovanović, and Travis Yeager.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Vladimir Ivanovici and Alice Isabella Sullivan

1 Icons and the Science of Low Light

Robert S. Nelson

part 1: Artificial Lights in Context

2 Artificial Light and Monumental Art in the Rock-Cut New Church at Tokalı Kilise

Evan Freeman

3 Artificial and Natural Light at San Marco in Venice

Thomas E. A. Dale

4 Lighting Equipment, Ritual, and the Iconography of Light at Dečani Monastery

Anna Adashinskaya

5 Observations on the Productivity of Romanesque ‘Darkness’: Windows and Light in Religious Architecture South of the Alps

Daniela Mondini

6 Artificial Light, Architecture, Furnishings, and Ritual in the Medieval Churches of Old Livonia

Vera Henkelmann

part 2: Lighting Instruments and Sources

7 The Influence of the Jerusalemite Miracle of Holy Light on Medieval Sacred Space

Teresa Shawcross

8 Light in Byzantine Typika: between Textual and Material Sources

Danijela Tešić Radovanović and Branka Gugolj

9 Lighting Instruments in Byzantine Monastic Typika: a Contribution to the Study of Material Culture through Written Sources

Diego R. Fittipaldi

10 Lighting Mediterranean Routes: Byzantine Lighting Devices in Sicily

Giulia Arcidiacono

part 3: Modeling Light

11 The Illumination of the Studenica Church during Evening Services

Jelena Bogdanović, Leslie Forehand, Dušan Danilović, Magdalena Dragović, Jacob Gasper, Travis Yeager, Debanjana Chatterjee, Marko Pejić, Aleksandar Čučaković and Charles Kerton

Conclusion: beyond Artificial Light

Glossary of Key Greek Terms

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-74787-7

9789004747876

OCLC:

1569124395

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004747876 DOI