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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786332503321

Autore

Constantine, of Rhodes, <active 10th century., >

Titolo

Constantine of Rhodes, on Constantinople and the Church of the Holy Apostles / / with a new edition of the Greek text by Ioannis Vassis ; edited by Liz James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-317-16176-9

1-317-16177-7

1-315-57352-0

1-283-70570-2

1-4094-3168-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JamesLiz

VassisIoannis

Disciplina

881/.01

Soggetti

Byzantine poetry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section I. The poem -- section II. Constantine of Rhodes's poem and art history, by Liz James.

Sommario/riassunto

Constantine of Rhodes's tenth-century poem is an account of public monuments in Constantinople and of the Church of the Holy Apostles. On one level, the poem offers an account of what was visible but it cannot be read as a straightforward description. Rather, Constantine's work offers insights into Byzantine perceptions of works of art. This book supersedes the two previous editions of the poem, both dating to 1896, and provides the first full translation of the text. It consists of a new Greek edition of Constantine's poem, with an introductory essay, prepared by Ioannis Vassis, and a transla