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• Names: Cunningham, Mary (Lecturer in historical theology and Othodox Christian studies), author.

• Title: The Virgin Mary in Byzantium, c.400–1000 : hymns, homilies and hagiography / Mary B. Cunningham.

• Description: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

• Identifiers: LCCN 2021028269 (print) | LCCN 2021028270 (ebook) | ISBN 9781009327251 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108964869 (paperback) | ISBN 9781108990530 (ebook)

• Subjects: LCSH: Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint – Devotion to – Byzantine Empire. | Orthodox Eastern Church – Liturgy. | Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint, in the liturgy – Orthodox Eastern Church. | Sermons, Greek – Byzantine Empire – History and criticism. | Hymns, Greek – Byzantine Empire – History and criticism. | Byzantine Empire – Religious life and customs.

• Classification: LCC BT645.3 .C86 2021 (print) | LCC BT645.3 (ebook) | DDC 232.91–dc23

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