{"id":527,"date":"2023-03-29T13:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T13:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/history\/?page_id=527"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:54:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T14:54:33","slug":"the-word-made-flesh-how-gospel-books-transformed-late-antique-and-byzantine-icons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/history\/history-events\/the-word-made-flesh-how-gospel-books-transformed-late-antique-and-byzantine-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Made Flesh &#8211; How Gospel Books Transformed Late Antique and Byzantine Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hosted by the History Department<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Chelsea Connelly, <\/strong><strong>Yale University<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Tuesday April 18, 4:30pm<br \/>\nRittenberg Lounge and Wean Terrace A<\/h3>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-534 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2023\/03\/Chelsea-Connelly-picture-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2023\/03\/Chelsea-Connelly-picture-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2023\/03\/Chelsea-Connelly-picture.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/>Late antique and Byzantine representations of Christ almost always include a book in his hands, yet few scholars have investigated what these books meant to the images\u2019 original audiences or why artists continued to include them. Looking at both books <i>in<\/i> icons and icons <i>as<\/i>books, this talk addresses representations of codices in early icons of Christ and discusses the ways that Byzantine theologians used gospel books as comparanda for icons during the period of iconoclasm. It traces the development of the Pantocrator iconography and the growth of icons as they benefited from their connection to the Gospels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Please join us for this compelling lecture<br \/>\nNo reservations required<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2023\/03\/The-Word-Made-Flesh-3_9-final-version-1.pdf\">Click here to view the poster PDF<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by the History Department Chelsea Connelly, Yale University Tuesday April 18, 4:30pm Rittenberg Lounge and Wean Terrace A Late antique and Byzantine representations of Christ almost always include a book in his hands, yet few scholars have investigated what these books meant to the images\u2019 original audiences or why artists continued to include them. 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