The Lost Cameo, the Vanished Statue of the Emperor and Constantine as a New Alexander
The aim of this paper is to propose a reinterpretation of the meaning of the lost colossus of Constantine the Great from the Forum of his name in Constantinople, in the light of the iconography of the emperor on the cameo from the cathedral in the ...
Piotr Ł. Grotowski
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Повесть о юноше и чародее в славянской книжности
A Narrative about a Young Man and the Magician Mesites in the Slavonic Medieval Tradition. This article is devoted to the study of the Narrative about the Young Man and Magician that widely circulated in the Medieval Slavonic tradition.
Irina M. Gritsevskaya +1 more
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The Skylla group in Constantinople's hippodrome [PDF]
The Skylla group was among the most famous bronze sculptures installed in the hippodrome at Constantinople. This paper suggests that the Skylla was a feature of Constantinople at its re-foundation, but perhaps originally stood facing the Bosphorus.
Stephenson, Paul
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The Defence of the Long Walls of Thrace (Μακρά Τείχη τῆς Θρᾴκης) under Justinian the Great (527–565 A.D.) [PDF]
The paper discusses the question of the defence of the Long Walls of Thrace (Μακρά Τείχη τῆς Θρᾴκης) or the Anastasian Wall (Αναστάσειο Τείχος) under Justinian the Great (527–565 A.D.).
Wiewiorowski, Jacek
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Introduction. The article aims to compare two texts concerning byzantine diplomatic practices of the mid 10th century. The first one is described in the 13th chapter of the treatise “De Administrando Imperio”, in which its author Constantine VII ...
Aleksey S. Shchavelev
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Gennadios Scholarios and the Church of the Holy Apostles [PDF]
The article tests the established view that Gennadios Scholarios, the first patriarch of Constantinople after the 1453 Conquest, used the church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople as the seat of the Patriarchate for a few months in 1454 ...
Melvani Nicholas
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The recently discovered wall paintings of the Dominican church of St. Paul are perhaps the most fascinating part of the artistic heritage of Pera, the former Genoese colony at the Bosphorus. According to the researchers analyzing the fragments discovered
Rafał Quirini-Popławski
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William Thomas Thornton’s family, ancestry, and early years: Some findings from recently discovered manuscripts and letters [PDF]
The article discusses information about the family, life, and ancestry of economist William Thomas Thornton found in some of his manuscripts and letters. The importance of the lack of information surrounding Thornton\u27s personal life is explored.
Donoghue, Mark
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O POKUŠAJIMA ORGANIZOVANJA I DJELOVANJA POLITIČKE EMIGRACIJE CRNE GORE U CARIGRADU NAKON SMRTI KRALJA NIKOLE (1921) // ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF MONTENEGRO’S POLITICAL EMIGRATION OF IN CONSTANTINOPLE AFTER DEATH OF KING NIKOLA (1921) [PDF]
The paper treats one important issue for Montenegrin historiography, which refers to the Montenegrin emigration and its activities in Constantinople, after the death of King Nikola in 1921.
Šerbo Rastoder
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Visit of King Peter I Karađorđević to Constantinople in 1910 [PDF]
The visit of King Petar I Karađorđević to the Turkish sultan is one of the eight visits in modern Serbian history. Seven meetings of Serbian rulers with sultans took place in Constantinople, except for one that took place in Bulgaria.
Zarković Vesna S.
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