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Architecture and Ritual in the Churches of Constantinople

Ninth to Fifteenth Centuries [Hardback]

by Vasileios Marinis

    • Author

      Vasileios Marinis

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Cambridge University Press

    • Published

      January 2014

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      Architecture and Ritual in the Churches of Constantinople

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      This book examines the interchange of architecture and ritual in the Middle and Late Byzantine churches of Constantinople (ninth to fifteenth centuries). It employs archaeological and archival data, hagiographic and historical sources, liturgical texts and commentaries, and monastic typika and testaments to integrate the architecture of the medieval churches of Constantinople with liturgical and extra-liturgical practices and their continuously evolving social and cultural context. The book argues against the approach that has dominated Byzantine studies: that of functional determinism, the view that architectural form always follows liturgical function. Instead, proceeding chapter by chapter through the spaces of the Byzantine church, it investigates how architecture responded to the exigencies of the rituals, and how church spaces eventually acquired new uses. The church building is described in the context of the culture and people whose needs it was continually adapted to serve. Rather than viewing churches as frozen in time (usually the time when the last brick was laid), this study argues that they were social constructs and so were never finished, but continually evolving.

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      • Author

        Vasileios Marinis

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Cambridge University Press

      • Published

        January 2014

      • Weight

        677g

      • Page Count

        257

      • Dimensions

        178 x 254 x 17 mm

      • ISBN

        9781107040168

      • ISBN-10

        1107040167

      • Eden Code

        4245003

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      • Author/Creator: Vasileios Marinis

      • ISBN: 9781107040168

      • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

      • Release Date: January 2014

      • Weight: 677g

      • Dimensions: 178 x 254 x 17 mm

      • Eden Code: 4245003


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