Title Architecture and ritual in the churches of Constantinople : ninth to fifteenth centuries / Vasileios Marinis, Assistant Professor of Christian Art and Architecture, the Institute of Sacred Music, Yale University

Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Liturgical Ritual : The Shape and Development of the Byzantine Rite -- The Sanctuary and the Templon -- The Naos -- The Narthex and the Exonarthex -- Subsidiary Spaces; Chapels, Outer Ambulatories, Outer Aisles, Crypts, Atria, and Related Spaces -- Non-Liturgical Use of Churches Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Architecture and society -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- To 1500 Liturgy and architecture -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- To 1500 Church architecture -- Turkey -- Istanbul -- History -- To 1500 Architecture, Byzantine -- Turkey -- Istanbul Rites and ceremonies -- Byzantine Empire ART -- History -- Ancient & Classical. Architecture and society Architecture, Byzantine Buildings Church architecture Liturgy and architecture Rites and ceremonies SUBJECT Istanbul (Turkey) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject Byzantine Empire Turkey -- Istanbul Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781107598409 1107598400 9781139628587 1139628585 9781107691582 1107691583 9781107703865 1107703867

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