Byzantine Constantinople: Monuments, Topography and Everyday Life : : Papers from the International Workshop held at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 7-10 April 1999 / / edited by Nevra Necipoglu.

• Superior document: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 33
• TeilnehmendeR: Necipoglu, Nevra,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2001.
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Mediterranean ; 33.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This volume deals with the history, topography and monuments of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire and one of the greatest urban centers ever known, throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. It contains 21 papers that emanate from an international workshop which was held at Istanbul in 1999. Divided into eight sections, the collection addresses a variety of interconnected topics, ranging from topography to ritual and ideology, archaeology, religious and secular architecture, patronage, commercial life, social organization, women's roles, communities, urban development and planning. Partly drawing on new archaeological and textual evidence, partly directing new questions to or reinterpreting previously available sources, the papers presented here fill important gaps in our knowledge of Constantinople and enhance our conception of the city as both a physical and social entity.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Nevra Necipoglu 1 -- Section 1 The Topography of Early Byzantine Constantinople -- 2. The Shoreline of Constantinople in the Fourth Century -- Cyril Mango 17 -- 3. The Porticoed Street at Constantinople -- Marlia Mundell Mango 29 -- 4. Aristocratic Oikoi in the Tenth and Eleventh Regions of Constantinople -- Paul Magdalino 53 -- Section 2 Imperial And Religious Ceremonies -- 5. Imperial and Ecclesiastical Processions in Constantinople -- Albrecht Berger 73 -- 6. Funeral Ritual in the Parekklesion of the Chora Church -- Engin Akyurek 89 -- Section 3 Sacred Spaces: Problems of Method and Interpretation -- 7. The Findings at Kalenderhane and Problems of Method in the History of Byzantine Architecture -- Cecil L. Striker 107 -- 8. Restoration Work at the Zeyrek Camii, 1997-1998 -- Metin Ahunbay, Zeynep Ahunbay 117 -- 9. Architecture, Art and Komnenian Ideology at the Pantokrator Monastery -- Robert Ousterhout 133 -- Section 4 Imperial Monuments and Their Legacy: Textual and Iconographic Evidence -- 10. The Medieval Floors of the Great Palace -- Henry Maguire 153 -- 11. Konstantin IX. - "Soliman," "Einzelkampfer," "Siegesbringer," - und die "Unbesiegbare" Theotokos -- S. Yildiz Otuken 175 -- 12. Architectual Sculpture in Constantinople and the Influence of the Capital in Anatolia -- Sema Alpaslan 187 -- 13. John Malaxos (16th Century) and his Collection of Antiquitates Constantinopolitanae -- Peter Schreiner 203 -- Section 5 New Archaeological Evidence -- 14. Byzantine Archaeological Findings in Istanbul during the Last Decade -- Mehmet I. Tunay 217 -- Section 6 Merchants, Craftsmen and the Marketplace -- 15. The Kommerkiarios of Constantinople -- Nicolas Oikonomides 235 -- 16. Les artisans dans la societe de Constantinople aux VII[superscript e]-XI[superscript e] siecles -- Michel Kaplan 245 -- 17. Women in the Marketplace of Constantinople (10th-14th Centuries) -- Angeliki E. Laiou 261 -- Section 7 Latins in Constantinople After 1204 -- 18. The Urban Evolution of Latin Constantinople (1204-1261) -- David Jacoby 277 -- 19. La societe perote aux XIV[superscript e]-XV[superscript e] siecles: autour des Demerode et des Draperio -- Michel Balard 299 -- Section 8 Construction Workers and Building Activity in Late Byzantine Constantinople -- 20. Builders and Building in Late Byzantine Constantinople -- Klaus-Peter Matschke 315 -- 21. One, Building Activity in Constantinople under Andronikos II: The Role of Women Patrons in the Construction and Restoration of Monasteries -- Alice-Mary Talbot 329 -- 22. Concluding Remarks -- Ihor Sevcenko 345 -- Index 351.