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Preferred term

Hexaemeron  

Definition

  • The account of the six days of creation, taken from Genesis, along with patristic writings on the subject; became a literary genre in both the eastern and western churches, and a theme in icon painting

Notation

  • 118453

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-F94QXCB1-T

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