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The Pantokrator Monastery in Constantinople Byzantinisches Archiv Begründet von Karl Krumbacher Als Ergänzung zur Byzantinischen Zeitschrift herausgegeben von Albrecht Berger Band 27 De Gruyter The Pantokrator Monastery in Constantinople Edited by Sofia Kotzabassi De Gruyter ISBN 978-1-61451-599-9 e-ISBN 978-1-61451-460-2 ISSN 1864-9785 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2013 Walter de Gruyter Inc., Boston/Berlin Printing: Hubert & Co. GmbH und Co. KG, Göttingen ∞ Printed on acid-free paper Printed in Germany www.degruyter.com Preface The most important imperial foundation from the Komnene age is the Monastery of Pantokrator, which continues to this day to impress both the scholar and the casual visitor. It is as clear to those who visit its three churches, which despite re- peated devastation still inspire admiration for the perfection of their construction and the elegance of their decoration, as to those who read its typikon that John II Komnenos and his empress Eirene spared no cost to erect a splendid monastery complex, which absorbed a number of smaller foundations, mainly in the environs of Constantinople, and to make generous provision for its upkeep and operation. This lavish endowment, which would ensure among other things the continuous commemoration of the monastery’s founders, is directly linked to the fact that its middle church, which is dedicated to the Archangel Michael and described as a her- oon, was built as a funerary chapel for the Komnenoi family. The importance of the monastery is further illustrated by the role it played alike under the Latin emperors and later, during the Palaiologan age, when the church of St Michael served the members of that family as their principal funerary chapel. A monument of such magnificence could hardly fail to attract the attention and the interest of numerous scholars. In 1923 Gyula Moravcsik collected all the then known evidence concerning the Monastery and published texts relating to its his- tory. The new edition of its typikon published, with a French translation, by Paul Gautier in 1969 made this exceptionally important text accessible and led to nu- merous studies of the monastery complex. Particular mention must be made of the work done by Timothy Miller and Robert Volk, who studied its infirmary and other charitable institutions. The plans for the renovation of the monument and the re- cent studies by Robert Ousterhout have considerably expanded our knowledge of the architecture of the surviving part of the monastery complex, while David Ja- coby’s articles have shed light on aspects of its history during the Latin occupation (1204-1261). The first part of this book contains papers on the history of the Monastery of Pantokrator, based on the available textual and other material relating to the monu- ment. The studies in the second part examine and give prominence to the wealth of texts referring or relating to the monument. The editor of the volume wishes to express her gratitude to the contributors, to the editor of the Byzantinisches Archiv, Albrecht Berger, and especially to Rοbert Ousterhout for his initial encouragement and my colleague Ioannis Vassis for his support throughout the whole process of preparation and publication. Sofia Kotzabassi Contents Abbreviations ix History Vlada Stanković – Albrecht Berger, The Komnenoi and Constanti- nople before the Building of the Pantokrator Complex 3 Paul Magdalino, The Foundation of the Pantokrator Monastery in Its Urban Setting 33 Sofia Kotzabassi, The Monastery of Pantokrator between 1204 and 1453 57 Andreas Gkoutzioukostas, Byzantine Officials in the Typikon of the Monastery of Christ Pantokrator in Constantinople 71 Evelina Mineva, References to the Monastery of Pantokrator in Old Slavic Literature (14th-15th c.) 83 Ilias Taxidis, The Monastery of Pantokrator in the Narratives of Western Travellers 97 Texts Theodora Antonopoulou, George Skylitzes’ Office on the Translation of the Holy Stone. A Study and Critical Edition 109 Mario D’Ambrosi, The Icon of the Three Holy Hierarchs at the Pantokrator Monastery and the Epigramms of Theodore Prodromos on Them 143 Sofia Kotzabassi, Feasts at the Monastery of Pantokrator 153 Marina Loukaki, Empress Piroska-Eirene’s Collaborators in the Found- ation of the Pantokrator Monastery: The Testimony of Nikolaos Kata- phloron 191 Ioannis Vassis, Das Pantokratorkloster von Konstantinopel in der byzan ti- ni schen Dichtung 203 Selected bibliography 251 Index 255 Plates 265 Abbreviations AASS Acta Sanctorum ACO Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum AHC Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum AHG Analecta Hymnica Graeca e codicibus eruta Italiae inferioris AnBoll Analecta Bollandiana BBA Berliner Byzantinistische Arbeiten BCH Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique BF Byzantinische Forschungen BHG Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca BMGS Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies BNJ Byzantinisch-Neugriechische Jahrbücher BollGrott Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata BSl Byzantinoslavica BV Byzantina Vindobonensia Byz Byzantion BZ Byzantinische Zeitschrift CCSG Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca CFHB Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae CIC Corpus Iuris Civilis CIG Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum CIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum CPG Clavis Patrum Graecorum CPaG Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum CSHB Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae DA Deutsches Archiv für die Erforschung des Mittelalters DACL Dictionnaire d’Archéologie Chrétienne et de Liturgie DHGE Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastique DOP Dumbarton Oaks Papers DOS Dumbarton Oaks Studies DOT Dumbarton Oaks Texts EB Études Balkaniques EEBS Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν ÉO Échos d’Orient GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller GRBS Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies HZ Historische Zeitschrift JbAC Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum x Abbreviations JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies JÖB Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik JÖBG Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft LMA Lexikon des Mittelalters LThK Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche MGH Monumenta Germaniae Historica MIÖG Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung MMB Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae ΝΕ Νέος Ἑλληνομνήμων OC Orientalia Christiana OCA Orientalia Christiana Analecta OCP Orientalia Christiana Periodica OrChrist Oriens Christianus PG Patrologia Graeca PL Patrologia Latina PLP Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit PmbZ Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit PO Patrologia Orientalis PTS Patristische Texte und Studien RAC Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum RbK Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst RE Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft RÉArm Revue des Études Arméniennes RÉB Revue des Études Byzantines RÉG Revue des Études Grecques RÉSEE Revue des Études Sud-Est-Européennes RHT Revue d’histoire des textes ROC Revue de l’Orient Chrétien RömQ Römische Quartalsschrift RSBN Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici SBN Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici SBS Studies in Byzantine Sigillography SC Sources Chrétiennes Script Scriptorium TIB Tabula Imperii Byzantini TM Travaux et Mémoires TRE Theologische Realenzyklopädie TU Texte und Untersuchungen VigChr Vigiliae Christianae VV Vizantijskij Vremennik WBS Wiener Byzantinistische Studien WSt Wiener Studien ZAC Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum ZKG Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte ZRVI Zbornik Radova Vizantolo kog Instituta
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