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Record Number: 8178 Author(s)/Creator(s): Ciggaar , K. Contributor(s): Title: Theophano: An Empress Reconsidered [evaluates contemporary accounts of Theophano, both positive and negative ; among the latter is a German nun's vision of Theophano in purgatory and numerous complaints about her love of foreign luxury]. Source: The Empress Theophano: Byzantium and the West at the Turn of the First Millennium.  Edited by Adelbert Davids.  Cambridge University Press, 1995.  Pages 49 - 63. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Byzantium Empresses Historiography Patronage, Ecclesiastical Theophano, Wife of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor Award Note: Geographic Area: France;Germany Century: 10-11 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: One figure. Tenth century Byzantine ivory of the Crucifixion now in the Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem, The Netherlands. Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of Leyden Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1995. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0521452961

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