Description
Book SynopsisIoannis Spatharakis's work on Byzantine manuscript painting created the standard corpus for dated illuminated Greek manuscripts. This collection of his essays study the history of portraits in Byzantine manuscripts, the era of Iconoclasm and the Macedonian Renaissance, the Palaeologan period, Cretan wall paintings.
Table of ContentsPreface
The Portraits and the Date of the Cod. Par. Gr. 510
A Note on the Imperial Portraits and the Date of Par. Gr. 510
Three Portraits of the Early Comnenian Period
Portrait Falsifications in Byzantine Illuminated MSS.
An Unusual Iconographic Type of the Seated Evangelist
Two Greek Evangelist Portraits from the Ninth Century in Sofia and their Importance in Byzantine and Carolingian Art
The Date of the Illustrations of the Psalter Dionysiu 65
An Illuminated Manuscript of 1175 from Crete
An Illuminated MS. from the Nicean Era
An Illuminated Greek Grammar MS. in Jerusalem
Some Observations on the Ptolemy MS. Vat. Gr. 1291
Observations on a Few Illuminations in Pseudo-Oppian's Cynegetica MS. at Venice
The Working Methods of the Artist of Pseudo-Oppian's Cynegetica
The Proskynesis in Byzantine Art. A Study in Connection with a Nomisma of Andronicus II Palaeologus
The Influence of the Lithos on the Development of the Iconography of the Threnos
An Exceptional Representation of the Supper at Emmaus
Representations of the Great Entrance in Crete
Additional Notes
Index
