Servants of the mother of God in Byzantine and medieval art
Robert Deshman
Abstract From an early date Byzantine and Western medieval scenes of Christ's infancy frequently included accessory figures servants which have no basis in the canonical Gospels. The pre-Christian antecedents, figural types, distribution these Virgin attracted interest previous scholarship, but narrative symbolic significance such has received much less attention. This essay will focus primarily on their various meanings, sometimes reflect differences attitudes interests artists.
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