Kalenderhane Camii Reference library
Cyril Mango
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...life of St. Francis painted during the Latin Empire. Previous attempts to identify Kalenderhane with the Church of St. Mary Diakonissa or that of Christ Akataleptos have been abandoned. A fresco of the Virgin Kyriotissa over the central door between the two narthexes suggests a dedication to her. C.L. Striker , Y.D. Kuban , Work at Kalenderhane Camii in Istanbul , DOP 21 (1967) 267–71; 22 (1968) 185–93; 25 (1971) 251–58; 29 (1975) 306–18. Cyril...
Kalenderhane Camii
Kuban, Doğan (1926) Reference library
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
...Architecture in Later Periods (Leiden, 1985) The Turkish Hayat House (Istanbul, 1995) Istanbul, an Urban History: Byzantion, Constantinopolis, Istanbul (Istanbul, 1996) with C. L. Striker : Kalenderhane in Istanbul: The Buildings, their History, Architecture, and Decoration: Final Reports on the Archaeological Exploration and Restoration at Kalenderhane Camii, 1966–1978 (Mainz, 1997) Sinan’s Art and Selimiye (Istanbul, 1997) Sinan: An Architectural Genius (Berne, 1999) The Miracle of Divriği: An Essay on the Art of Islamic Ornamentation in Seljuk...
Bell Tower Reference library
Slobodan Ćurčić
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...( G. Millet , L'école grecque dans l'architecture byzantine [Paris 1916 ; rp. London 1974 ] 137f) to assume that the form was imported from the West during the Latin occupation of Constantinople. Recent research indicates that many churches in Constantinople ( Kalenderhane Camii , Kilise Camii , Pammakaristos , Chora ) once had belfries, although none survive. Their destruction may be related to the general Turkish prohibition on bells. The origins of the Byz. bell towers remain murky. Their existence by the 9th C. at the latest is attested in...
John Geometres Reference library
Alexander Kazhdan
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...and orations dedicated to the Virgin and speeches on Gregory of Nazianzos and St. Panteleemon . The so-called Paradeisos , a collection of monastic epigrams, was apparently by John ( P. Speck , BZ 58 [ 1965 ] 333–36). C.A. Trypanis hypothesized that a fresco in Kalenderhane Camii presents John's portrait (in Meletemata ste mneme Basileiou Laourda [Thessalonike 1975 ] 301f). ed. PG 106:812–1002. The Progymnasmata , ed. A.R. Littlewood (Amsterdam 1972). See also list in Beck , Kirche 554. F. Scheidweiler , Studien zu Johannes Geometres , ...
Franciscans Reference library
Frances Kianka and Anthony Cutler
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
... Michael VIII 's profession of faith prior to the Council of Lyons and also acted as interpreter there. The most visible mark of the order's presence in the capital during the Latin occupation of 1204–61 is a cycle of frescoes devoted to the life of St. Francis in Kalenderhane Camii . When the Byz. recaptured Constantinople in 1261 , the last Latin patriarch of the city left a member of the order there as his vicar, although the Franciscan convent was evidently abandoned. In ca. 1296 , however, the Franciscans returned and kept a convent in...
art, Franciscan Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
...series of books containing *manuscript illuminations commissioned for or by the Franciscans is to be found in Italy and elsewhere in Europe and beyond. There were many Franciscan houses around the Mediterranean with painted cycles: fragments have been found in the Kalenderhane Camii at Istanbul. The contact with Palaeologan (Byzantine) art may have influenced not only the palette but also the affective emotional expressiveness of Franciscan painting. This is one of the specific Franciscan contributions to medieval European spirituality, characteristic...
archaeology: Constantinople and Byzantium Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
...of St John Stoudios (Imrahor Camii) and the church of the Holy Apostles (Fatih Camii) were both located in the west of the city. By the Late Byzantine period, there were over a hundred more churches and monasteries. Several of these survive, converted to mosques or still in use as churches. St Saviour in Chora (Kariye Camii) contains impressive Late Byzantine wall paintings, as does the church of the Pammakaristos monastery (Fethiye Camii); the three conjoined churches forming part of the Pantocrator monastic complex (Zeyrek Camii) have been subject to...
Byzantine Art Reference library
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
...the richest donors and the elite of Byzantine society, the workshops of Constantinople continued to produce luxury articles, Icons and manuscripts. Greek artists were employed to execute the monumental works intended for the Latins (cycle of St Francis of Assisi at Kalenderhane Camii). Palaeologan renaissance ( 1258–1453 ) The Empire, reduced and weakened, was restored around its capital. The will to assert a specific national identity against the Latins and Turks awoke a patriotic current in which the glory of Antiquity was rediscovered. The...
Crusader Art and Architecture Reference library
Jaroslav Folda
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...increased sharply after 1250 , stimulated by Louis IX who resided in the Latin Kingdom from 1250 to 1254 . The illustrations for an Old French Bible apparently commissioned by Louis are in an accomplished Franco-Byz. style strongly related to frescoes painted in Kalenderhane Camii in Constantinople during the period of Latin occupation. Icons on wood panels demonstrate Byz. influence, while the strength of the Italo-Byz. style reflected the Italian presence in the merchant quarters of Acre. Paralleling developments in the West, secular codices...
Latin Empire Reference library
Charles M. Brand and Anthony Cutler
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...Greek. Many refused to recognize the Latin patriarch but turned to the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople reestablished at Nicaea. The Franciscans and Dominicans won some converts and sponsored some church decoration, notably a cycle of the life of St. Francis at Kalenderhane Camii . In its early decades, the principal foes of the Latin Empire were to its west. When the Bulgarian Kalojan offered alliance to the victorious Crusaders, the Latins arrogantly rejected him. Kalojan defeated and captured Baldwin I , then killed Boniface of Montferrat in...
Constantinople, Monuments of Reference library
Cyril Mango, Katherine M. Kiefer, William Loerke, and Cyril Mango
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...a period of considerable construction activity, during which the Mangana and Blachernai palaces were built in Constantinople and the Bryas palace in the suburbs. New churches and monasteries of this time include the Nea Ekklesia , Myrelaion , Lips monastery , Kalenderhane Camii , and Pantokrator monastery . Third Period (13th–15th C.) Following the Fourth Crusade and the period of Latin occupation of Constantinople ( 1204–61 ), during which numerous buildings were damaged or fell into disrepair, a surge of new construction occurred under Michael...
Archaeology Reference library
Timothy E. Gregory, Alexander Kazhdan, Timothy E. Gregory, Timothy E. Gregory, Anthony Cutler, and Timothy E. Gregory
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...Archaeological Survey An Overview Byz. archaeology does not really exist as a discipline of its own, and—although there are significant exceptions (such as the excavations of the Great Palace and several important churches in Constantinople [e.g., St. Polyeuktos , Kalenderhane Camii ] and such late antique centers as Nea Anchialos )—most Byz. sites are explored in connection with the investigation of classical monuments. Because most of these are on the Mediterranean littoral many important Byz. sites in the interior are hardly known; in addition, the...
Monumental Painting Reference library
William Tronzo, Annabel Jane Wharton, and Gordana Babić
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
...in Palermo and of Cefalù , which, like the Venetian mosaics, have been ascribed to Byz. artists. In the second half of the 12th C. an elaborate, linear manner developed. No monumental examples survive in Constantinople with the exception of a fragmentary angel in Kalenderhane Camii . The Annunciation icon at St. Catherine 's on Sinai ascribed to ca. 1170–80 has been treated as a metropolitan representative of this style. Its chronological position may be suggested by datable frescoes in the provinces. The painted figures at Nerezi refine the...
Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of Reference library
The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture
...Bible (Paris, Bib. Arsenal, MS. 5211) written in Old French and decorated with frontispieces to the selected books. The artist worked in an accomplished Franco-Byzantine style strongly related to frescoes of St Francis of Assisi painted in the church of the Kyriotissa (now Kalenderhane Camii) in Constantinople. Subsequent work by artists in Acre in manuscript illumination and panel painting exhibited variations on this blend of Byzantine and western European styles and maintained a surprisingly high quality. A Missal (Perugia, Bib. Capitolare, MS. 6) seems to...
