Cognitive and spiritual revolution of the tenth century — Constantine porphyrogenitus and his hidden world: Part II. The Great Monarch's hidden world in the great medieval artistic works

Abstract

The paper discusses, through a comparative hermeneutical microanalysis, identical and very similar representational (iconographic) and meaning systems of such great medieval art-works as the Limburg Staurotheke, Orthodox Metal Icons and the “Archangel enamel pictures” of the Holy Crown of St Stephen of Hungary. The basis of the comparison is the discussed hidden mystical writings of the Great Monarch in part I of the paper.