Piroska and the Pantokrator :: dynastic memory, healing and salvation in Komnenian Constantinople /

This book is about the Christ Pantokrator, an imposing monumental complex serving monastic, dynastic, medical and social purposes in Constantinople, founded by Emperor John II Komnenos and Empress Piroska-Eirene in 1118. Now called Zeyrek Mosque, the second largest Byzantine religious edifice after...

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Weitere Verfasser: Sághy, Marianne, 1961- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Budapest : Budapest ; New York : CEU Department of Medieval Studies ; Central European University Press, 2019.
Schriftenreihe:CEU medievalia ; 19.
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Zusammenfassung:This book is about the Christ Pantokrator, an imposing monumental complex serving monastic, dynastic, medical and social purposes in Constantinople, founded by Emperor John II Komnenos and Empress Piroska-Eirene in 1118. Now called Zeyrek Mosque, the second largest Byzantine religious edifice after Hagia Sophia still standing in Istanbul represents the most remarkable architectural and the most ambitious social project of the Komnenian dynasty. This volume approaches the Pantokrator from a special vantage point focusing on its co-founder, Empress Piroska-Eirene, the daughter of the Hungarian k.
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ISBN:9633862973
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