| Description |
1 online resource (212 pages) |
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HOC VOLVMINE CONTINENTVR; Praefatio; Conspectus siglorum; Conspectus librorum; Descriptio Sanctae Sophiae; Descriptio Ambonis; Codicis Palatini ortographia et menda leviora; Index locorum similium et in apparatu laudatorum; Index verborum |
| Summary |
The two poems Descriptio S. Sophiae and Descriptio Ambonis of Paul the Silentiary, composed for the inauguration (562 AD) of the church of St. Sophia (Istanbul) after its partial rebuilding, are an invaluable source for the history of Byzantine arts and a beautiful piece of late Greek poetry. Silentiary's poems respectively describe the church and its (now lost) pulpit. The Descriptio S. Sophiae also contains a lavish praise of emperor Justinian and of the patriarch Eutichius. De Stefani's edition is based on a collation of the witness of the text, Heid. Pal. gr. 23, and takes into accoun |
| Analysis |
Byzantium |
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Greek Poetry |
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Hagia Sophia |
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Justinian |
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Paul the Silentiary |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Greek poetry.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical.
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Greek poetry
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
De Stefani, Claudio
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| ISBN |
9783110239072 |
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3110239078 |
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