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Melvani, Nicholas (Ed.): Byzantium in the Sixteenth Century: Constantinople and its Afterlife. Topography, Institutions, Reception, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident, Volume 31). https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1609
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07/02/2025
Byzantium in the Sixteenth Century
Constantinople and its Afterlife. Topography, Institutions, Reception
The authors of this volume examine various aspects of the physiognomy and activity of Constantinople/Istanbul in the 16th century. They focus on the urban and institutional framework, the theological, antiquarian and political interests of travelers active in the city, the religious life of local Christians, and the appearance, use, and appropriation of Byzantine monuments. The authors also address more complex issues, such as the familiarity of Western humanist and Renaissance audiences with the physical space of the Ottoman capital or the role of the Orthodox Patriarchate in the organization of Christians in the Ottoman Empire.
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Collapses, Repairs, and Functions
13-30
31-46
59-72
Byzantine Pathways through Ottoman Space
73-84
85-98
The Exceptional Perseverance of a Byzantine Monastery in Ottoman Istanbul
113-125
127-136
Marginal Notes in the Troitsa Manuscript of Nestor Iskender’s »Tale of the Capture of Tsargrad«
153-158
