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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154993103321

Autore

Maxwell Kathleen <1952-, >

Titolo

Between Constantinople and Rome : an illuminated Byzantine Gospel book (Paris gr. 54) and the union of Churches / / Kathleen Maxwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-95584-5

1-315-26170-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

745.67487

Soggetti

Illumination of books and manuscripts, Byzantine

Christian union - Orthodox Eastern Church

Christian union - Catholic Church

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Paris 54 : codicological and paleographical considerations -- 3. Paris 54 : modus operandi of scribes and artists -- 4. The Greek Gospel text of Paris 54 and New Testament textual criticism -- 5. The three artists responsible for the narrative miniatures and evangelist portraits of Paris 54 -- 6. Imitation and innovation : a comparative study of the narrative cycles and evangelist portraits of Paris 54 and Athos, Iviron 5 -- 7. Paris 54's place in thirteenth-century Constantinopolitan book illumination -- 8. Art and diplomacy in late thirteenth-century Constantinople : Paris 54 and the union of Churches -- 9. Epilogue : from Constantinople to Catherine de Medici.