Iconography of the Dormition of the Virgin in the 10 th to 12 th Centuries
José María Salvador González
This article seeks to highlight whether and what extent the medieval iconography of Dormition Virgin reflects central or peripheral details three apocryphal texts whose authors are Pseudo-John Theologian, Archbishop John Thessaloniki Pseudo-Joseph Arimathea. To do this, we will put in direct relation narrative these legends with characters, gestures, actions circumstances set forth Byzantine Western representations this iconographic motif over 10 th -12 centuries.
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