1st Edition
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
Copyright 2012
272 Pages
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Routledge
266 Pages
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Routledge
272 Pages
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Routledge
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Constantine of Rhodes's tenth-century poem is an account of public monuments in Constantinople and of the Church of the Holy Apostles. In the opening section of the work, Constantine describes columns and sculptures within the city, seven of which he calls 'wonders'. In the second part of the poem, he portrays the Church of the Holy Apostles, offering an account of its architecture and internal... Read more
Contents: Preface; Section I The Poem: Introduction to the Greek edition, Ioannis Vassis; Text and Translation: Edition by Ioannis Vassis; Translation by Vassiliki Dimitropoulou, Liz James and Robert Jordan; Indexes; Commentary on the translation, Liz James. Section II Constantine of Rhodes’s Poem and Art History, by Liz James: The poet and the poem; ’A partial account of the statues of the city and its high and very great columns’: Constantine; account of Constantinople; The church of the Holy Apostles: fact and fantasy, descriptions and reconstructions; In conclusion; Bibliography; General index.
Biography
Liz James is Professor of Art History, University of Sussex, UK.
'This is the first English translation of the entire text of Constantine of Rhodes' tenth-century poem(s) about Constantinople and the church of the Holy Apostles. ... There are copious footnotes and two indices, as well as a commentary by Liz James on the translation, all of which should be useful for anyone engaging with the contents of the poem.' The Medieval Review
