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The Cathedral Rite of Constantinople: Evolution of a Local Tradition [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2020
This article studies the evolution of the Liturgy of the Hours at Constantinople after the ninth century, when not only monastic churches of the city, but also secular churches followed the liturgical rite referred to as “hagiopolitis”.
Stefano Parenti
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Constantinople viewed by the Renaissance-era West

Disegnare con, 2020
This study revolves around a reading of the main aspects of how Constantinople was depicted by Western scholars during the Renaissance. The illustrations considered as a semiotic system are bird’s-eye views of the city in printed works, done from 1420 to
Pasquale Tunzi
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The Image of Light in the “Ekphrasis of the Hagia Sophia” by Paul the Silentiary [PDF]

Studia Litterarum, 2023
The paper explores the imagery of light in a poem by Paul the Silentiary (6th century) “Ekphrasis of the Hagia Sophia” (and in an adjoining poem “Ekphrasis of the Ambo”) written by order of the Emperor Justinian in 562 on the occasion of the re ...
Tatiana L. Aleksandrova
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Cultural aspects in Constantinople in selected testimonials of Venetian and Russian diplomats (XVIII and XIX centuries) [PDF]

Baština, 2023
It is well known that during the 18th and 19th centuries, European ideas and the presence of many foreign envoys in Constantinople enabled Europeans to get better acquainted with the flows of Ottoman culture and civilization.
Antić Maja R., Mitić Marija N.
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The Great Palace mosaics. A contribution to the interpretation of their iconography [PDF]

Zograf, 2022
The mosaics of the Great Palace in Constantinople represent an exceptional work of art from the Late Antique period, unsurpassed in their style and composition features as well as the richness of the prevailing motifs.
Plemić Bojana
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Constantinople in imperial ideology of Stefan Dušan [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2022
The centuries-old expansion of the Serbian state at the expense of Byzantium received its epilogue with the rule of Stefan Dušan. The Serbian king managed to use the opportunity provided by the Roman civil war of 1341-1347, manoeuvring between two ...
Pejušković Vojislav D.
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Byzantine Pink: Alexis Gritchenko’s Narrative of Constantinople

Sanat Tarihi Yıllığı, 2021
Ukrainian artist Alexis Gritchenko (Oleksa Hryshchenko), who lived in Istanbul between November 1919 and April 1921 during the occupation of the Allied forces, opened the Constantinople Bleu et Rose exhibition in Paris in 1923, where he displayed his ...
Emir Alışık
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The cult of Saint Zotikos Orphanotrophos and his images in Byzantium and beyond [PDF]

Zograf, 2021
St. Zotikos Orphanotrophos acquired great renown in Constantinople owing to his efforts in the establishment of two singularly important philanthropic institutions in the Byzantine Empire - Orphanotropheion (Ὀρφανοτροφεῖον) on the Acropolis of ...
Tomić Marka
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Friendship and Rivalry: Local Relations and Cultural Environment in Constantinople and Nicomedia in the Light of Libanius' Orations and Letters

Anadolu Araştırmaları, 2022
Nicomedia and Constantinople, the two largest cities of the Roman Empire on the Marmara coast, drew attention as very rich and developed metropoleis in the 3rd and 4th centuries.
Onur Sadık Karakuş
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The church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople as a model for Serbian architects in recent times [PDF]

Zograf, 2019
Under the influence of Russian and Austrian neo-Byzantinism, as well as increasingly extensive historiographic research, evocations of Byzantine architectural achievements appeared in Serbian architecture in the early 1870s.
Kadijević Aleksandar Đ.
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