The Framing of Sacred Space : The Canopy and the Byzantine Church

457 Pages·2017·125.131 MB·English

by  Jelena Bogdanovic

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THE FRAMING OF
SACRED SPACE
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THE FRAMING OF
SACRED SPACE
The Canopy and
the Byzantine Church
Jelena Bogdanović
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Bogdanović, Jelena, 1973– author.
Title: The framing of sacred space : the canopy and the Byzantine church/
Jelena Bogdanović.
Other titles: Canopies
Description: New York : Oxford University Press, 2017. | Revised and expanded
version of the author’s thesis (doctoral—Princeton University, 2008)
under the title: Canopies : the framing of sacred space in the Byzantine
ecclesiastical tradition. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016045073 | ISBN 9780190465186 (hardback : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Architecture, Byzantine. | Canopies, Architectural— Byzantine
Empire. | Ciboria (Architecture)— Byzantine Empire. | Church
architecture—Byzantine Empire—Details. | Symbolism in
architecture—Byzantine Empire.
Classification: LCC NA5453 .B59 2017 | DDC 723/ .2—dc23
LC record available at https://l ccn.loc.gov/ 2016045073
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To Dušan
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to my parents
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Contents
List of Tables  ix
List of Illustrations  xi
Acknowledgments  xxv
Notes on Sources, Translations, and Illustrations  xxix
List of Abbreviations  xxxi
Maps  xxxv
Introduction  1
1. Ciborium or Canopy? Textual Evidence on Canopies in the Byzantine Church  10
2. Canopies in the Byzantine Church: Archeological and Architectural Evidence  46
3. Place- Making: The Place of the Canopy in the Church  141
4. The Micro- Architectural Framing of Sacred Space  177
5. Nested in Its Own Shape: The Canopy and the Byzantine Church  264
Conclusion  295
Appendix  301
Bibliography  359
Index  397
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List of Tables
1. Texts with References to Ciboria or Canopies  301
2. Texts with References to κιβώριον  305
3. Terms for Canopies 312
4. Copying Texts with References to Ciboria or Canopies  324
5. List of Archeologically Attested Canopies in the Byzantine Ecclesiastical
Tradition  328
6. Types of Canopies in the Byzantine Ecclesiastical Tradition
and Their Distribution over Time  347
7. Canopies with Inscriptions  348
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