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Funding: Tufts University, the Volkswagen Stiftung, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.

Cover illustration: Front: Nocturnal Easter celebration in Dečani Monastery, view of the naos. Source: Visoki Dečani Monastery, Serbian Orthodox Church via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Decani.Manastir/).

Back: A church service in Dečani Monastery, view of the naos. Source: BLAGO Fund, Inc.

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Names: Ivanovici, Vladimir editor | Sullivan, Alice Isabella editor |  Artificial Light in Medieval Churches Between Byzantium and the West  (Workshop) (2023 : Online)

Title: Artificial light in medieval churches / edited by Vladimir  Ivanovici, Alice Isabella Sullivan.

Description: Leiden ; Boston : [Brill], [2026] | Series: East Central and  Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 ; volume 98 | Includes  bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2025039616 (print) | LCCN 2025039617 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004747869 hardback | ISBN 9789004747876 ebook

Subjects: LCSH: Light in architecture—Congresses | Light—Religious  aspects—Christianity—Congresses | Church  architecture—Europe—Congresses | Architecture,  Medieval—Europe—Congresses | LCGFT: Conference papers and proceedings

Classification: LCC NA2794 .A78 2026 (print) | LCC NA2794 (ebook)

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025039616

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025039617

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ISSN 1872-8103

ISBN 978-90-04-74786-9 (hardback)

ISBN 978-90-04-74787-6 (e-book)

DOI 10.1163/9789004747876

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Artificial Light in Medieval Churches

Series:  East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, Volume: 98
Cover Artificial Light in Medieval Churches
E-Book ISBN:
9789004747876
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
13 Jan 2026
  • Subjects
    • Art History
      • Architecture
    • History
      • Medieval History
      • Art History
      • Byzantine Studies
Front Matter
Preliminary Material
Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Figures
Notes on Contributors
Artificial Light in Christian Practice: An Overview
Chapter 1 Icons and the Science of Low Light
Part 1 Artificial Lights in Context
Chapter 2 Artificial Light and Monumental Art in the Rock-Cut New Church at Tokalı Kilise
Chapter 3 Artificial and Natural Light at San Marco in Venice
Chapter 4 Lighting Equipment, Ritual, and the Iconography of Light at Dečani Monastery
Chapter 5 Observations on the Productivity of Romanesque ‘Darkness’: Windows and Light in Religious Architecture South of the Alps
Chapter 6 Artificial Light, Architecture, Furnishings, and Ritual in the Medieval Churches of Old Livonia
Part 2 Lighting Instruments and Sources
Chapter 7 The Influence of the Jerusalemite Miracle of Holy Light on Medieval Sacred Space
Chapter 8 Light in Byzantine Typika: Between Textual and Material Sources
Chapter 9 Lighting Instruments in Byzantine Monastic Typika: A Contribution to the Study of Material Culture through Written Sources
Chapter 10 Lighting Mediterranean Routes: Byzantine Lighting Devices in Sicily
Part 3 Modeling Light
Chapter 11 The Illumination of the Studenica Church during Evening Services
Conclusion: Beyond Artificial Light
Back Matter
Glossary of Key Greek Terms
Indexes

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