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- Between the Pagan Past and Christian Present in Byzantine Visual Culture
- Between the Pagan Past and Christian Present in Byzantine Visual Culture
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- One The Byzantine Statue
- Two Prophecy
- Three History
- Four Mimesis
- Five Epigrams and Statues
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Epilogue
Manuel Chrysoloras and the Sense of the Past
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2021
- Between the Pagan Past and Christian Present in Byzantine Visual Culture
- Between the Pagan Past and Christian Present in Byzantine Visual Culture
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- One The Byzantine Statue
- Two Prophecy
- Three History
- Four Mimesis
- Five Epigrams and Statues
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
In the year 1411 CE, Manuel Chrysoloras addressed a curious letter to his friend and master, the Byzantine emperor, John VIII Palaiologos. In it, he extolled the incomparable architectural and sculptural splendors of the city of Rome while simultaneously elevating Constantinople – the “New” Rome – to the position of the greatest of all cities known on earth.
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- Between the Pagan Past and Christian Present in Byzantine Visual CultureStatues in Constantinople, 4th-13th Centuries CE, pp. 203 - 212Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022