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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Titre(s) : Accounts of medieval Constantinople [Texte imprimé] : the Patria / translated by Albrecht Berger

Traduction de : Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum

Publication : Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXI-357 p.) ; 21 cm

Collection : Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 24

Lien à la collection : Dumbarton Oaks medieval library

Comprend : Introduction ; The Patria ; Book 1 ; Book 2 ; Appendix to Book 2 ; Book 3 ; Book 4 ; Note on the Text ; Notes to the Text ; Notes to the Translation ; Glossary of Offices, Titles, and Technical Terms ; Bibliography ; Index.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
English and Greek in parallel text on facing pages.
"The Patria is a fascinating four-book collection of short historical notes, stories, and legends about the buildings and monuments of Constantinople, compiled in the late tenth century by an anonymous author who made ample use of older sources. It also describes the foundation and early (pre-Byzantine) history of the city, and includes the Narrative on the Construction of Hagia Sophia, a semi-legendary account of Emperor Justinian I{u2019}s patronage of this extraordinary church (built between 532 and 537). The Patria constitutes a unique record of popular traditions about the city, especially its pagan statues, held by its medieval inhabitants. At the same time it is the only Medieval Greek text to present a panorama of the city as it existed in the middle Byzantine period. Despite its problems of historical reliability, the Patria is still one of our main guides for the urban history of medieval Constantinople. This translation makes the entire text of the Patria accessible in English for the first time"

Autre(s) auteur(s) : Berger, Albrecht (1957-....). Éditeur scientifique Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Sujet(s) : Pátria Kōnstantinoupóleōs Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Grecs -- Constantinople (Turquie) -- Moyen âge Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Constantinople -- Histoire Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet