Author: Nikolaos Mesaritēs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Description of the Church of the Holy Apostles at Constantinople
Author: Nikolaos Mesaritēs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Constantine of Rhodes, On Constantinople and the Church of the Holy Apostles
Author: Liz James
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317161769
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Constantine of Rhodes's tenth-century poem is an account of public monuments in Constantinople and of the Church of the Holy Apostles. In the opening section of the work, Constantine describes columns and sculptures within the city, seven of which he calls 'wonders'. In the second part of the poem, he portrays the Church of the Holy Apostles, offering an account of its architecture and internal decoration, notably the mosaics, seven of which are also depicted as 'wonders'. On one level, the poem offers an account of what was visible, a sense of city topography and, in the case of the Apostoleion, a vital description of a now-lost building. But it cannot be read as a straightforward description. Rather, Constantine's work offers insights into Byzantine perceptions of works of art. The monuments Constantine decided to portray and the ways in which he chose to describe them say as much, if not more, about the social and cultural milieu in which he operated as about the actual physical appearance of the monuments themselves. Further, the poem itself, as it survives in one fifteenth-century manuscript, raises questions: is it, in its current form, a single poem or is it made up of a compilation of Constantine's writings? This book supersedes the two previous editions of the poem, both dating to 1896, and provides the first full translation of the text. It consists of a new Greek edition of Constantine's poem, with an introductory essay, prepared by Ioannis Vassis, and a translation and commentary by a group of scholars headed by Liz James. Liz James also contributes an extensive discussion of the two distinct parts of the poem, the city monuments and the Church of the Holy Apostles.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317161769
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Constantine of Rhodes's tenth-century poem is an account of public monuments in Constantinople and of the Church of the Holy Apostles. In the opening section of the work, Constantine describes columns and sculptures within the city, seven of which he calls 'wonders'. In the second part of the poem, he portrays the Church of the Holy Apostles, offering an account of its architecture and internal decoration, notably the mosaics, seven of which are also depicted as 'wonders'. On one level, the poem offers an account of what was visible, a sense of city topography and, in the case of the Apostoleion, a vital description of a now-lost building. But it cannot be read as a straightforward description. Rather, Constantine's work offers insights into Byzantine perceptions of works of art. The monuments Constantine decided to portray and the ways in which he chose to describe them say as much, if not more, about the social and cultural milieu in which he operated as about the actual physical appearance of the monuments themselves. Further, the poem itself, as it survives in one fifteenth-century manuscript, raises questions: is it, in its current form, a single poem or is it made up of a compilation of Constantine's writings? This book supersedes the two previous editions of the poem, both dating to 1896, and provides the first full translation of the text. It consists of a new Greek edition of Constantine's poem, with an introductory essay, prepared by Ioannis Vassis, and a translation and commentary by a group of scholars headed by Liz James. Liz James also contributes an extensive discussion of the two distinct parts of the poem, the city monuments and the Church of the Holy Apostles.
The Argument of Psellos' Chronographia
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004452869
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book is a philosophical interpretation of Michael Psellos' Chronographia, an acknowledged masterpiece of Byzantine literature. Anthony Kaldellis argues that although the Chronographia contains a fascinating historical narrative; it is really a disguised philosophical work which, if read carefully, reveals Psellos' revolutionary views on politics and religion. Kaldellis exposes the rhetorical techniques with which Psellos veils his unorthodoxy, and demonstrates that the inner message of the text challenges the Church's supremacy over the intellectual and political life of Byzantium. Psellos consciously articulates a secular vision of Imperial politics, and seeks to liberate philosophy from the constraints of Christian theology. The analysis is lucid and should be accessible to anyone with a general knowledge of Byzantine civilization. It should interest all who study the history of ancient and medieval philosophy.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004452869
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
This book is a philosophical interpretation of Michael Psellos' Chronographia, an acknowledged masterpiece of Byzantine literature. Anthony Kaldellis argues that although the Chronographia contains a fascinating historical narrative; it is really a disguised philosophical work which, if read carefully, reveals Psellos' revolutionary views on politics and religion. Kaldellis exposes the rhetorical techniques with which Psellos veils his unorthodoxy, and demonstrates that the inner message of the text challenges the Church's supremacy over the intellectual and political life of Byzantium. Psellos consciously articulates a secular vision of Imperial politics, and seeks to liberate philosophy from the constraints of Christian theology. The analysis is lucid and should be accessible to anyone with a general knowledge of Byzantine civilization. It should interest all who study the history of ancient and medieval philosophy.
Church History
Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
Author: W. Eugene Kleinbauer
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
University of California Union Catalog of Monographs Cataloged by the Nine Campuses from 1963 Through 1967: Subjects
Author: University of California (System). Institute of Library Research
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 876
Book Description
Dictionary Catalogue of the Byzantine Collection of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, D.C.
Author: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher:
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Category : Art, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Byzantine
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Catalog of the Avery Memorial Architectural Library of Columbia University
Author: Avery Library
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
Speculum, a Journal of Mediaeval Studies
Author: Edward Kennard Rand
Publisher:
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Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
A journal of mediaeval studies.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
A journal of mediaeval studies.