Lay Authority and Meaningful Portraiture on Mount Papikion, Thrace

IF 0.8 1区 艺术学 0 ART GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2019-03-01 DOI:10.1086/701600
G. Makris
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This article examines instances and modes of interaction between monasticism and lay society in Late Byzantium. Offering a rare view of the little-known and decontextualized monastery of Linos located on Mount Papikion in Thrace, the hinterland of the empire, this study attempts to unveil the devotional practices and philanthropic activity of local communities in the fourteenth century. An anonymous donor portrait discovered in the narthex of the monastic church sheds light on the key role of lay families in making and sustaining rural monastic establishments amidst the turmoil of war, political dysfunction, and territorial shrinkage. In contextualizing and reconsidering the foundation process of the Linos Monastery, this analysis reveals the nature and magnitude of lay patronage within the broader social realities of the fourteenth century. Unlike data for other parts of the empire, the evidence on monastic renewal or production of painted decoration in Thrace tends to lack social documentation, especially in a period that has often been characterized as the age of patronage. Though numerous monastic complexes across the Byzantine countryside bear witness to an exceptional trend of generous benefactions on the part of laymen and women, the difference in the case of Linos lies in its setting on a holy mountain. A close reading of the archaeological site and the fragmentary painted decoration contributes to our understanding of women’s accessibility to holy mountains through pious donations and the commissioning of their images on church walls.
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色雷斯帕皮丘山上的权威和有意义的肖像
本文考察了晚期拜占庭修道主义与世俗社会相互作用的实例和模式。本研究提供了一个罕见的鲜为人知的、脱离语境的利诺斯修道院的视角,该修道院位于帝国腹地色雷斯的帕皮皮昂山上,试图揭示14世纪当地社区的虔诚实践和慈善活动。在修道院教堂的大厅里发现的一幅匿名捐赠者的肖像,揭示了在战争动荡、政治失灵和领土萎缩的情况下,非专业家庭在建立和维持农村修道院机构方面的关键作用。在背景和重新考虑利诺斯修道院的基础过程中,这一分析揭示了14世纪更广泛的社会现实中外行赞助的性质和规模。与帝国其他地区的数据不同,关于色雷斯修道院更新或彩绘装饰生产的证据往往缺乏社会文献,尤其是在一个经常被描述为赞助时代的时期。尽管遍布拜占庭乡村的众多修道院建筑群见证了世俗男女慷慨捐赠的特殊趋势,但利诺斯的不同之处在于它坐落在一座圣山上。仔细阅读考古遗址和残缺的彩绘装饰有助于我们理解妇女通过虔诚的捐赠和在教堂墙壁上绘制她们的肖像来接近圣山。
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