Elena N Boeck: 1 book
Imagining the Byzantine Past
The Perception of History in the Illustrated Manuscripts of Skylitzes and Manasses
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Two lavish, illustrated histories confronted and contested the Byzantine model of empire. The Madrid Skylitzes was created at the court of Roger II of Sicily in the mid-twelfth century. The Vatican Manasses was produced for Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria in the mid-fourteenth century. Through close analysis...
