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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Publié dans:Scrinium
Auteur principal: Baranov, Vladimir A. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2017
Dans: Scrinium
Classifications IxTheo:CE Art chrétien
CG Christianisme et politique
KAD Haut Moyen Âge
KBK Europe de l'Est
Sujets non-standardisés:B Byzantine Iconoclasm
 Chalke
 Patriarch Germanus
 John of Damascus
 Transfiguration

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Résumé: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
Contient:In: Scrinium
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00131p05