Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- 8: Imperial Constantinople
- 9: Residential Constantinople
- 10: Commercial Constantinople
- 11: Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice
- 12: Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism
- 13: Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
11: - Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice
from Part III - Urban Experiences
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2022
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- Part III Urban Experiences
- 8: Imperial Constantinople
- 9: Residential Constantinople
- 10: Commercial Constantinople
- 11: Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice
- 12: Sacred Dimensions: Constantinopolitan Monasticism
- 13: Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
Summary
Chapter 11, “Sacred Dimensions: Church Building and Ecclesiastical Practice,” examines the relationship between church building and ecclesiastical practice in Byzantine Constantinople. It outlines the ways in which architecture accommodates and responds to the exigencies of ritual both on a practical, and on a symbolic level to reveal how church buildings were understood symbolically as worship spaces, manifestations of piety, wealth, power, and prestige, and places of perpetual commemoration.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople , pp. 180 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
References
Further Reading
Janin, R., La géographie ecclésiastique de l’empire byzantin, I: Le siège Constantinople et le patriarcat oecuménique, 3: Les églises et les monastères, 2nd ed. (Paris, 1969).Google Scholar
Marinis, V., Architecture and Ritual in the Churches of Constantinople: Ninth to Fifteenth Centuries (Cambridge and New York, 2014).Google Scholar
Mathews, T. F., The Early Churches of Constantinople: Architecture and Liturgy (University Park, 1971).Google Scholar
Ousterhout, R., Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands (Oxford, 2019).Google Scholar
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