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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Pubblicato in:Scrinium
Autore principale: Baranov, Vladimir A. (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Brill 2017
In: Scrinium
Notazioni IxTheo:CE Arte cristiana
CG Cristianesimo e politica
KAD Alto Medioevo
KBK Europa orientale
Altre parole chiave:B Byzantine Iconoclasm
 Chalke
 Patriarch Germanus
 John of Damascus
 Transfiguration

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Riepilogo: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
Comprende:In: Scrinium
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18177565-00131p05