Publisher's Synopsis
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 case studies reveal 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: Vladimir Ivanovici, Alice Isabella Sullivan, Evan Freeman, Robert S. Nelson, Thomas E.A. Dale, Anna Adashinskaya, Daniela Mondini, Vera Henkelmann, Teresa Shawcross, Danijela Tesic Radovanovic, Branka Gugolj, Diego R. Fittipaldi, Giulia Arcidiacono, Jelena Bogdanovic, Debanjana Chatterjee, Aleksandar Cucakovic, Dusan Danilovic, Magdalena Dragovic, Leslie Forehand, Jacob Gasper, Charles Kerton, Marko Pejic, and Travis Yeager.
