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Imagining the Byzantine past : the perception of history in the illustrated manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses

Title
Imagining the Byzantine past : the perception of history in the illustrated manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses / Elena N. Boeck.
Author
Boeck, Elena N., 1974-
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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Description
xviii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Mystery, history, and materiality -- Engaging Byzantium, enraging Byzantium : Sicily, Bulgaria and the contestation of Constantinopolitan preeminence -- Narrative emplotments and patterns of prioritization : analyzing visual codes and structural modes -- Amplification as dialogue : the link between design and patronage -- Iconoclasm as narrative experiment : religion, politics, and memory -- A headstrong case for getting ahead : scrutinizing narratives of de-capitation -- Constantinople : story spaces or storied imperial places.
Call Number
JFF 15-1140
ISBN
  • 9781107085817 (hardback)
  • 1107085810 (hardback)
LCCN
2014048680
OCLC
898334435
Author
Boeck, Elena N., 1974- author.
Title
Imagining the Byzantine past : the perception of history in the illustrated manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses / Elena N. Boeck.
Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 15-1140
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