Luxury for All (?) : Ivory Diptychs and Their Use in the Baptismal Liturgy

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FRANTOVÁ Zuzana

Rok publikování 2021
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj CONVIVIUM-EXCHANGES AND INTERACTIONS IN THE ARTS OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE BYZANTIUM AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Filozofická fakulta

Citace
www https://www.earlymedievalstudies.com/publikace.html#casopis_convivium
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.130935
Klíčová slova baptism; baptismal liturgy; codicil of office; consular diptych; ivory; writing tablet
Popis The article?examines the question of what purpose ivory diptychs had in the early Christian era.?The author focuses specifically on the possible presence and use of these diptychs in the baptismal liturgy during the first three centuries of the Christian Roman Empire. Given the absence of any direct evidence to confirm or refute the?hypothesis that ivory diptychs were used in the baptismal rite, it is necessary to understand the important role that panels (not just ivory ones), and the material itself, played in Late Antique society?in general.

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