The Graeco-Roman and Oriental Background of the iconoclastic controversy. [Mit Kt. -Skizze.]

A. A. Vasiliev Arab Armenia army artists Asia Minor Athinganoi belief bishop Byzantine art Byzantine Emperor Byzantine Empire Byzantine Iconoclasm Byzantine world Byzantium Caliph century A.D. Christian Chronicle Church Concilia Constantine Constantinople Council of Nicaea Cross divine Dumbarton Oaks Papers ecclesiastical eighth century Emperor Leo Epiphanius fact fourth century Graeco-Roman Greek Heraclius heresy holy honour Icono Iconoclast Emperors Iconoclastic controversy Iconoclastic period Iconodule icons idolatry image cult image of Christ image worship influence Islam Jewish Jews John Damascene Justinian later Leo III Leo's Leontius Mansi Michael monks Monophysite mosaics Muslim Iconoclasm Old Testament Ostrogorsky P. J. Alexander pagan paintings Patriarch Nicephorus Paulicians persecution Persian Peter of Sicily portraits reign religious images representation restoration of Orthodoxy Roman Rome Ruler Saints Second Council sect Sergius seventh century sixth century sources statues Syria Tephrike Textus Theodore of Studiu Theophanes tradition Umar veneration Virgin Yazid Yazid's edict