In Conjunction with Alan Cameron, Robin Cormack and Charlotte Roueché.
The 'Parastaseis Syntomoi Chronikai' (lit. 'Brief Historical Notes') is a remarkable work describing the city and antiquities of Constantinople. Its Greek is extremely difficult, its content often obscure and the extant text seemingly incomplete. No doubt in part for these reasons, its unique value has been largely unappreciated, while such discussion as has been devoted to it has resulted in no agreement. It is our view that, this is an important work; while we cannot pretend to have solved all of the many problems which it poses, we hope in this collective study to establish both general conclusions and guidelines for further study.
Author(s): Averil Cameron, Judith Herrin
Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 10
Publisher: E. J. Brill
Year: 1984
Language: English
Pages: XIV+292
City: Leiden
Preface vii
List of Abbreviations and Editions ix
Map of Constantinople xiii
Sketch map of the palace area xiv
Introduction 1
i) The Textual History of the 'Parastaseis' 2
ii) The 'Parastaseis' and the 'Patria' 3
iii) The Present Publication 9
iv) The Structure and Style of the 'Parastaseis' 9
v) The Date of the 'Parastaseis' 17
vi) Is the 'Parastaseis' a Guidebook? 29
vii) The 'Parastaseis' and Ancient Statues 31
viii) Historical events in the 'Parastaseis' 34
ix) The Sources of the 'Parastaseis' 38
x) The Value of the 'Parastaseis' for Art History 45
Conclusion 53
Text and Translation 55
Commentary 167
Bibliography 278
Indices 283
Index Topographicus 283
Index Nominum 285
Index Rerum 289
Index Graecitatis 290
