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SUMMARY:Third Annual M.I. Rostovtzeff Lecture Series
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DESCRIPTION:Fourth lecture.  Late antique monastics used the imitation
  of esteemed holy men as a tool to achieve higher spiritual states of 
 being\, and to increase the potential of achieving everlasting life in
  paradise. They also expressed and amplified the importance of celebra
 ted ascetics through close association with more temporally distant fi
 gures. Paintings at several sites in Egypt indicate the use of visual 
 representations to assert multiple\, coexisting identities. Particular
 ly significant monks stand in a row with the apostles\, in identical g
 arb\, in paintings from the Monastery of Apa Apollo at Bawit. Their in
 clusion in this illustrious group asserts the notion that they are als
 o apostles. A depiction of St. Peter in the Red Monastery church shows
  him dressed in the uniform worn by Shenoute’s federation. In this c
 ase\, an apostle is conflated with a monastic leader by his distinctiv
 e dress alone. These and other examples provide insights into the rich
  scope of mimesis in the ascetic life.
LOCATION:2nd floor Lecture Hall
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