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Record Number: 12518 Author(s)/Creator(s): McClanan , Anne Contributor(s): Title: The Empress Theodora and the Tradition of Women's Patronage in the Early Byzantine Empire Source: The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women.  Edited by June Hall McCash.  University of Georgia Press, 1996.  Pages 50 - 72. Description: Article Type: Essay Subject (See Also): Byzantium Patronage, Ecclesiastical Procopius, Historian Theodora, Wife of Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor Award Note: Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean Century: 6 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Five Figures. Figure One Manuscript illumination, Princess Anicia Juliana seated between the personifications of Prudence and Magnanimity, c.512 (Vienna, Bild-Archiv der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna Dioscurides, Cod. med, graec. 1, f. 6v.) Figure Two "Theodora and Retinue," Apse mosaic , c. 540-550 (Ravenna, San Vitale). Figure Three "Justinian and Retinue," Apse mosaic, c.540-550 (Ravenna San Vitale). Figure Four "Head of Theodora," sixth century (Milan, Museo archeologico). Figure Five Detail of Figure Two, "Theodora and Retinue," Apse mosaic, c.540-555 (Ravenna, San Vitale). Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 1996. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 0820317014

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