Download or read book The Traditio Legis: Anatomy of an Image written by Robert Couzin and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph engages in a close reading of the traditio legis, highlighting its novelty and complexity to early Christian viewers. The image is analyzed as a conflation of two distinct forms of representation, each constructed of unusual and potentially multivalent elements.