Imagining the Byzantine Past

Imagining the Byzantine Past

The Perception of History in the Illustrated Manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses

Boeck, Elena N.

Cambridge University Press

07/2015

351

Dura

Inglês

9781107085817

15 a 20 dias

870

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Introduction; 1. Mystery, history and materiality; 2. Engaging Byzantium, enraging Byzantium: Sicily, Bulgaria and the contestation of Constantinopolitan pre-eminence; 3. Narrative emplotments and patterns of prioritization: analyzing visual codes and structural modes; 4. Amplification as dialogue: the link between design and patronage; 5. Iconoclasm as narrative experiment: religion, politics and memory; 6. A headstrong case for getting ahead: scrutinizing narratives of de-capitation; 7. Constantinople: story spaces or storied Imperial places; Afterword.