In Visible Presence: The role of light in shaping religious atmospheres

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In Visible Presence : The role of light in shaping religious atmospheres. / Bille, Mikkel; Sørensen, Tim Flohr.

The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. red. / Konstantinos Papadopoulos; Holley Moyes. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. s. 303-324.

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Bille, M & Sørensen, TF 2022, In Visible Presence: The role of light in shaping religious atmospheres. i K Papadopoulos & H Moyes (red), The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, s. 303-324. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198788218.013.13

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Bille, M., & Sørensen, T. F. (2022). In Visible Presence: The role of light in shaping religious atmospheres. I K. Papadopoulos, & H. Moyes (red.), The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology (s. 303-324). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198788218.013.13

Vancouver

Bille M, Sørensen TF. In Visible Presence: The role of light in shaping religious atmospheres. I Papadopoulos K, Moyes H, red., The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2022. s. 303-324 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198788218.013.13

Author

Bille, Mikkel ; Sørensen, Tim Flohr. / In Visible Presence : The role of light in shaping religious atmospheres. The Oxford Handbook of Light in Archaeology. red. / Konstantinos Papadopoulos ; Holley Moyes. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022. s. 303-324

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