[The Greeks] 'called it KOSMOS, which means ornament'
The title of this article is a statement quoted from a translation of The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville, 615–630 ad. The article proposes that the content of ornament is primordially derived from the eternal motions found in the macrocosm, a cosmology of ornament that looks beyond the extreme su...
Main Author: | Kent Bloomer |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Donner Institute
2016-12-01
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Series: | Approaching Religion |
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Online Access: | https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67591 |
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