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Piroska and the Pantokrator : dynastic memory, healing and salvation in Komnenian Constantinople / edited by Marianne Sághy and Robert Ousterhout.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Budapest : CEU Department of Medieval Studies ; (c)2019.; New York : Central European University Press, (c)2019.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9633862973
  • 9789633862971
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BX385 .P576 2019
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:Subject: This book is about the Christ Pantokrator, an imposing monumental complex serving monastic, dynastic, medical and social purposes in Constantinople, founded by Emperor John II Komnenos and Empress Piroska-Eirene in 1118. Now called Zeyrek Mosque, the second largest Byzantine religious edifice after Hagia Sophia still standing in Istanbul represents the most remarkable architectural and the most ambitious social project of the Komnenian dynasty. This volume approaches the Pantokrator from a special vantage point focusing on its co-founder, Empress Piroska-Eirene, the daughter of the Hungarian k.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

This book is about the Christ Pantokrator, an imposing monumental complex serving monastic, dynastic, medical and social purposes in Constantinople, founded by Emperor John II Komnenos and Empress Piroska-Eirene in 1118. Now called Zeyrek Mosque, the second largest Byzantine religious edifice after Hagia Sophia still standing in Istanbul represents the most remarkable architectural and the most ambitious social project of the Komnenian dynasty. This volume approaches the Pantokrator from a special vantage point focusing on its co-founder, Empress Piroska-Eirene, the daughter of the Hungarian k.

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