Henry Maguire
Biographic Data
| ID | 1071825 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henry Maguire |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henry |
| FAMILY NAME | Maguire |
| SIGNATURE | MAGUIRE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Byzantine Materiality
Two Textiles with Interlace Designs from Byzantine Egypt and Their Interpretation in the Light of Floor Mosaics
Two tapestry medallions from Byzantine Egypt decorated with interlaces are examined here with a view to teasing out the meanings they conveyed to the persons who saw and used them. Originally adorning domestic apparel or furnishings, the textiles now are held in the collections of the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. and of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The interlaces served either as protective devices meant to obstruct and bind evil spirits thr…
Speaking sign or acting device? Reading and using the Christogram in Byzantium
The Christogram, the sign combining the letters chi with a rho, an iota, or a cross, became extremely common in Early Christian art, in both the East and the West, where it was freighted with multiple and overlapping meanings, whether theological, imperial, or both. The Christogram’s capacity to create meaning through letters and words was elaborated upon in later medieval art in the West, in a way that had no counterparts in Byzantium. In the me…
Essence and accident
The presentation of portraits of emperors and saints in Byzantine art can be compared to theories of physiognomy and logic put forward by Aristotle and his Byzantine followers. Similar observations have been made about the portal sculptures of High Gothic cathedrals, but although the ordering of images in the two cases reflected similar patterns of thought, the particular forms of the portraits differed in each milieu, responding to a different r…
Where did the waters of Paradise go after iconoclasm?
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Art and Text
Sacred Shock
A description of the jousts of Manuel I Komnenos
The thirteenth-century manuscript Greek 1409 in the Vatican Library contains an anonymous Greek ekphrasis of the jousts of an unnamed Byzantine emperor. The text, which has interest for both historians and art historians, has been cited on several occasions in the scholarly literature, but never analyzed in detail. In the following pages we provide a translation of the text, together with a commentary upon the context of the piece. We will argue …
The Wall Mosaics of the Cathedral of Eufrasius in Poreč
The third preliminary report on the wall mosaics at Poreč focuses on the side apses, examined from scaffolding in March of 2000. Little has been published about these mosaics, which are only partially preserved, and difficult to see. This article offers an outline of the visual and textual sources of information about the mosaics and the side apses, which include the prerestoration drawings by C.Errard (1877-78), and documentation of the partial …
Profane Icons
Magic and Money in the Early Middle Ages
The Beauty of Castles
An Early Christian Marble Relief at Kavala
The Mosaics of Nea Moni
Illuminated Prophet Books
Byzantine Illumination, 1150-1250
Sacred Fortress
Art and Ritual of the Byzantine Church . Christopher Walter
The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai
Kurbinovo
The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai
Magic and Money in the Early Middle Ages
Essence and accident
The presentation of portraits of emperors and saints in Byzantine art can be compared to theories of physiognomy and logic put forward by Aristotle and his Byzantine followers. Similar observations have been made about the portal sculptures of High Gothic cathedrals, but although the ordering of images in the two cases reflected similar patterns of thought, the particular forms of the portraits differed in each milieu, responding to a different r…
The Mosaics of Nea Moni
The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai
Kurbinovo
The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai
Art and Ritual of the Byzantine Church . Christopher Walter
Byzantine Illumination, 1150-1250
Sacred Fortress
Illuminated Prophet Books
An Early Christian Marble Relief at Kavala
The Mosaics of Nea Moni
The Beauty of Castles
Magic and Money in the Early Middle Ages
Profane Icons
The Wall Mosaics of the Cathedral of Eufrasius in Poreč
The third preliminary report on the wall mosaics at Poreč focuses on the side apses, examined from scaffolding in March of 2000. Little has been published about these mosaics, which are only partially preserved, and difficult to see. This article offers an outline of the visual and textual sources of information about the mosaics and the side apses, which include the prerestoration drawings by C.Errard (1877-78), and documentation of the partial …
A description of the jousts of Manuel I Komnenos
The thirteenth-century manuscript Greek 1409 in the Vatican Library contains an anonymous Greek ekphrasis of the jousts of an unnamed Byzantine emperor. The text, which has interest for both historians and art historians, has been cited on several occasions in the scholarly literature, but never analyzed in detail. In the following pages we provide a translation of the text, together with a commentary upon the context of the piece. We will argue …
Sacred Shock
Art and Text
Where did the waters of Paradise go after iconoclasm?
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Essence and accident
The presentation of portraits of emperors and saints in Byzantine art can be compared to theories of physiognomy and logic put forward by Aristotle and his Byzantine followers. Similar observations have been made about the portal sculptures of High Gothic cathedrals, but although the ordering of images in the two cases reflected similar patterns of thought, the particular forms of the portraits differed in each milieu, responding to a different r…
Speaking sign or acting device? Reading and using the Christogram in Byzantium
The Christogram, the sign combining the letters chi with a rho, an iota, or a cross, became extremely common in Early Christian art, in both the East and the West, where it was freighted with multiple and overlapping meanings, whether theological, imperial, or both. The Christogram’s capacity to create meaning through letters and words was elaborated upon in later medieval art in the West, in a way that had no counterparts in Byzantium. In the me…
Two Textiles with Interlace Designs from Byzantine Egypt and Their Interpretation in the Light of Floor Mosaics
Two tapestry medallions from Byzantine Egypt decorated with interlaces are examined here with a view to teasing out the meanings they conveyed to the persons who saw and used them. Originally adorning domestic apparel or furnishings, the textiles now are held in the collections of the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. and of the Louvre Museum in Paris. The interlaces served either as protective devices meant to obstruct and bind evil spirits thr…
Byzantine Materiality
Art (17 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (14 works) · History (14 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (13 works) · Classics (12 works) · Art history (10 works) · Classics (10 works) · History (10 works) · Byzantine architecture (9 works) · Computer Science (9 works)