Reconsidering the Tholos Image in the Eusebian Canon Tables : Symbols, Space, and Books in the Late Antique Christian Imagination
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Crawford, M.. (2023). Reconsidering the Tholos Image in the Eusebian Canon Tables : Symbols, Space, and Books in the Late Antique Christian Imagination. In In Ayres, Lewis, Champion, Michael W. and Crawford, Matthew R. (Ed.). The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions pp. 484-515 Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.028
Authors | Crawford, M. |
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Editors | Ayres, Lewis, Champion, Michael W. and Crawford, Matthew R. |
Abstract | This chapter re-examines the image of a canopied building supported by columns that often appears as the concluding page to the prefatory paratext to the gospels known as the Canon Tables, which was devised by Eusebius of Caesarea in the early fourth century. A catalogue of surviving examples of the so-called tholos image is provided, followed by an argument that the image is underdetermined and polyvalent, and that it operates together with the rest of the Canon Tables decorative scheme to invite an imaginative response from the viewer. The latter half of the chapter turns to two texts in Eusebius’ corpus to elucidate the way in which he used sacred architecture as a means of mapping the theological truths and ritual activities associated with such spaces. The same approach can be applied to the architectural decorative scheme adorning the Canon Tables, including its richly symbolic tholos, which can be seen as a potent symbol that can be activated through a biblically inspired ekphrasis and used as a ‘cognitive machine’ to theorise Christian knowledge and practice. |
Keywords | Eusebius of Caesarea; tholos; codex; images; imagination; canon tables; Neoplatonism |
Page range | 484-515 |
Year | 2023 |
Book title | The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN | 9781108883559 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108883559.028 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/intellectual-world-of-late-antique-christianity/reconsidering-the-tholos-image-in-the-eusebian-canon-tables-symbols-space-and-books-in-the-late-antique-christian-imagination/0D03271EE6606CF6CBA5ADBCB2A9B74C |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
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Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 05 Oct 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 2023 |
Deposited | 31 May 2024 |
Additional information | © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2023. |
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