Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Series Editor’s Note Charles Barber
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Art, Aesthetics, and Literature
- I.1 Notions of the Image in Later Byzantium Introduction
- I.2 Artists and Patrons Introduction
- I.3 Eikon and Iconography in Art and Literature Introduction
- I.4 Materials Introduction
- Ι.5 Seeing Spaces: Responses to the Built Environment Introduction
- I.5.1 A Latin Description of Constantinople by an Englishman, and its Greek Translation by Constantine Laskaris
- I.5.2 Ralph of Coggeshall: Description of Constantinople
- I.5.3 Antony, Archbishop of Novgorod: The Pilgrim Book
- I.5.4 History of Mār Yahballāhā and of Rabban ṣawmā
- I.5.5 ‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Harawī: Description of Constantinople, from the Guidebook to Places of Pilgrimage (Kitāb al-ishārāt ilā ma‘rifat al-ziyārāt)
- I.5.6 Benjamin of Tudela: Constantinople in Benjamin of Tudela’s
- I.5.7 Seeing the Spaces of Byzantium in Icelandic Saga: Heimskringla and Morkinskinna (Dossier)
- I.5.8 “Daniel the Exile”: Ekphrasis of Hippodrome Scenes: Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv?
- I.5.9 Odo of Deuil: Description of the Philopation
- I.5.10 John Kinnamos: The Philopation: A Place of Relaxation and Imperial Performance
- I.5.11 Digenis Akritis: Description of Digenis’ Palace
- I.5.12 John Kinnamos: Paintings in the House of Alexios Axouch in Suburban Constantinople
- I.5.13 Riccoldo di Pennino da Monte di Croce, OP (Riccoldo da Monte di Croce or Riccoldo da Firenze): Liber peregrinationis/The Book of His Pilgrimage. “On the Holy Sepulchre of the Lord”
- I.5.14 George Akropolites: A Letter to John Tornikes on the Duties of Friendship and on Constantinople’s Delights
- I.5.15 John Apokaukos: A Seljuq-Style Hall in Nafpaktos
- Ι.6 Art and Devotion in Later Byzantium Introduction
- I.7 Memory and Art Introduction
- I.8 Beauty: Introduction
- Part II Literature, Art, and Aesthetics
- Index of Manuscripts
- General Index
I.5.10 - John Kinnamos: The Philopation: A Place of Relaxation and Imperial Performance
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Series Editor’s Note Charles Barber
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Art, Aesthetics, and Literature
- I.1 Notions of the Image in Later Byzantium Introduction
- I.2 Artists and Patrons Introduction
- I.3 Eikon and Iconography in Art and Literature Introduction
- I.4 Materials Introduction
- Ι.5 Seeing Spaces: Responses to the Built Environment Introduction
- I.5.1 A Latin Description of Constantinople by an Englishman, and its Greek Translation by Constantine Laskaris
- I.5.2 Ralph of Coggeshall: Description of Constantinople
- I.5.3 Antony, Archbishop of Novgorod: The Pilgrim Book
- I.5.4 History of Mār Yahballāhā and of Rabban ṣawmā
- I.5.5 ‘Alī ibn Abī Bakr al-Harawī: Description of Constantinople, from the Guidebook to Places of Pilgrimage (Kitāb al-ishārāt ilā ma‘rifat al-ziyārāt)
- I.5.6 Benjamin of Tudela: Constantinople in Benjamin of Tudela’s
- I.5.7 Seeing the Spaces of Byzantium in Icelandic Saga: Heimskringla and Morkinskinna (Dossier)
- I.5.8 “Daniel the Exile”: Ekphrasis of Hippodrome Scenes: Cathedral of St. Sophia in Kyiv?
- I.5.9 Odo of Deuil: Description of the Philopation
- I.5.10 John Kinnamos: The Philopation: A Place of Relaxation and Imperial Performance
- I.5.11 Digenis Akritis: Description of Digenis’ Palace
- I.5.12 John Kinnamos: Paintings in the House of Alexios Axouch in Suburban Constantinople
- I.5.13 Riccoldo di Pennino da Monte di Croce, OP (Riccoldo da Monte di Croce or Riccoldo da Firenze): Liber peregrinationis/The Book of His Pilgrimage. “On the Holy Sepulchre of the Lord”
- I.5.14 George Akropolites: A Letter to John Tornikes on the Duties of Friendship and on Constantinople’s Delights
- I.5.15 John Apokaukos: A Seljuq-Style Hall in Nafpaktos
- Ι.6 Art and Devotion in Later Byzantium Introduction
- I.7 Memory and Art Introduction
- I.8 Beauty: Introduction
- Part II Literature, Art, and Aesthetics
- Index of Manuscripts
- General Index
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- Sources for Byzantine Art History , pp. 592 - 597Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022