Deserts and holy mountains of medieval Serbia: Written sources, spatial patterns, architectural designs
Essential concepts in Christian thought and practice, the desert and holy mountain denote a particular kind of monastic and sacral space. They are secluded from the world, intended for asceticism, and ambivalent in nature they are inhospitable and menacing zones populated with demons, but also a mon...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Bulgarian |
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Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
2007-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Radova Vizantološkog Instituta |
| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0584-9888/2007/0584-98880744253P.pdf |