WAS EMPEROR PHOCAS BEARDED? NOTES ON AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPERIAL IMAGES IN THE OFFICIAL ART OF BYZANTIUM
Here the established notion is challenged that the first steps towards the portrayal of individual features (such as beards) in ruler representations in the official art of Byzantium were made in depictions of Emperor Phocas (602 – 610) with a beard on some of the coins issued in his time as well a...
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| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Archaeological institute with Museum
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Приноси към българската археология |
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| Online Access: | https://publications.naim.bg/index.php/CBA/article/view/404 |
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| Summary: | Here the established notion is challenged that the first steps towards the portrayal of individual features (such as beards) in ruler representations in the official art of Byzantium were made in depictions of Emperor Phocas (602 – 610) with a beard on some of the coins issued in his time as well as on his bullae.
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| ISSN: | 1310-7976 2603-3410 |