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Fashioning Sixth-Century Constantinople Text, Translation and Commentary of Book I of the Buildings by Prokopios of Kaisareia

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Produktdetails

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Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

27.02.2026

Abbildungen

schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster, schwarz-weiss

Verlag

Taylor and Francis

Seitenzahl

530

Maße (L/B/H)

24/16,1/3,4 cm

Gewicht

1180 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-03-240706-7

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  • Produktbild: Fashioning Sixth-Century Constantinople

  • Foreword and Introduction

    Foreword

    Note on the Edition

    Main manuscripts used for this edition

    Note on the Translation

    Note on the Archaeological Commentary

    Introduction

    Procopius's Buildings: Significance to Scholarship

    Constantinople

    Constantinople and Justinian: Context and Image

    Imperial Patronage in Constantinople: Norms and Practices

    Other Texts on Justinian's Constructions in Constantinople

    Reconstructing Late Antique Constantinople through Archaeology: Historical Development and Methods

    Procopius's Biography and His Relation to Constantinople

    The Text of the Buildings as a Historical Artifact

    The Date of the Buildings

    The Textual Transmission: Manuscripts, Abridgement and Extracts

    The Byzantine Afterlife of the Buildings

    Early modern reception of the Buildings: editions and translations before Haury

    The Text as Literary Object

    The Procopian Matrix: Style, Narrative and Genre

    Composition: Macro and Microstructures, Motifs, and Themes

    Buildings Classification

    A Brief Note on Orientation

    Maps and Plans

    Text and translation of the Buildings and chapter-by-chapter commentary

    Preface: rhetorical and historical exordium, Justinian's military, legal and religious achievements, and delayed reveal of the subject (1.1.1-19)

    Hagia Sophia: historical context, design elements - focus on the central space (1.1.20-49)

    Hagia Sophia: description of interior features - focus on the rest of the church (1.1.50-66)

    Hagia Sophia: two episodes of Justinian's personal intervention (1.1.67-78)

    The Column of Justinian (1.2.1-12)

    Hagia Eirene and the hospices of the Patriarchate (1.2.13-19)

    The churches of the Virgin Mary at Blachernai, Pege and elsewhere in the city and its environs; the churches of Anne, Zoe, and the Archangel Michael in the city (1.3)

    The churches dedicated to the Apostles: SS. Peter and Paul in the Palace of Hormisdas and the church of SS. Sergius and Bacchus (1.4.1-8)

    The Church of the Holy Apostles: description and discovery of the relics (1.4.9-24)

    The churches dedicated to the martyrs Acacius, Plato, Mocius, Thyrsus, Theodore, Thecla and Theodota (1.4.25-31)

    Constantinople's maritime topography (1.5)

    The churches on the Golden Horn: SS. Priscus and Nicholas, SS. Cosmas and Damian, and St Anthimus (1.6.1-14)

    St Irene at Sykai, the Forty Martyrs and Justinian's miraculous healing (1.7)

    The churches on either side of the Bosporus: the churches of the Archangel Michael at Anaplous and Brochoi/Proochthoi, and a church of Mary near the latter (1.8)

    The Metanoia convent (1.9.1-10)

    The churches of the upper Bosporus (St Panteleimon, the Argyronion leprosarion, Archangel Michael at Mochadion) and more in the city (St Tryphon, SS. Menas and Menaios and St Ia) (1.9.11-18)

    The Augoustaion area: the Baths of Zeuxippos and the Senate House (1.10.1-9)

    The Chalke Gate (1.10.10-20)

    Arkadianai: description of the court and statue of Theodora (1.11.1-9)

    The water supply of the city and the Basilica Cistern (1.11.10-15)

    The harbours and suburban palaces at Hiereia and Joukoundianai (1.11.16-22)

    End of the section on Constantinople; the hospice at Stadion (1.11.23-27)

    The Great Palace at the time of Justinian

    Textual Sources for the Great Palace

    Archaeological Evidence for the Great Palace

    The Topographical Context of the Great Palace

    A Reconstruction of the Layout and Internal Organisation of the Great Palace

    Gates of the Great Palace

    Conclusion

    Bibliography

    List of Editions of the Buildings in Chronological Order

    List of Abbreviations

    Primary Sources

    Secondary Works