Visual and Ideological Context of the Chalke Inscription at the Entrance to the Great Palace of Constantinople


This article revisits an inscription on the Bronze Doors of the Imperial Palace in Constantinople and addresses the problem of its dating as well as the ideological and theological meaning of the inscription in the wider spatial and symbolical context of Late Antique gate decoration. A tentative rec...

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Published in:Scrinium
Main Author: Baranov, Vladimir A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Scrinium
IxTheo Classification:CE Christian art
CG Christianity and Politics
KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B Byzantine Iconoclasm
 Chalke
 Patriarch Germanus
 John of Damascus
 Transfiguration

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Summary:This article revisits an inscription on the Bronze Doors of the Imperial Palace in Constantinople and addresses the problem of its dating as well as the ideological and theological meaning of the inscription in the wider spatial and symbolical context of Late Antique gate decoration. A tentative reconstruction of the Transfiguration scene which the inscription might have accompanied is proposed, and the wider exegetical context of the Transfiguration, primarily, the interplay of the theological ideas of the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Second Coming of Christ, embedded in this event are examined against the doctrines of the Byzantine Iconoclasts.

ISSN:1817-7565
Contains:In: Scrinium
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00131p05