The awe-inspiring mosaics covering the walls, vaults, and domes of Byzantine churches of the medieval period still remain a mystery to modern viewers. Saints and Spectacle ventures into the world of ninth- and tenth-century Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, to…
"A touchstone of Byzantine artistic achievement, the church now known as the Kariye Camii in Istanbul preserves impressive cycles of mosaic and fresco, for which it is justifiably famous. Once the heart of the Chora Monastery, the building was reconstructed around 1316-21, under…
Bd.1: Indices zu Epigrammanfängen, griechischen Wörtern, biblischen, antiken und byzantinischen Stellen und ein allgemeiner Index zu Orten und Personen runden den Band ab. Zur optischen Veranschaulichung sind fast alle behandelten Epigramme auch bildlich in einem Tafelteil dokum…
