The book of ceremonies : with the Greek edition of the Corpus scriptorum historiae Byzantinae (Bonn, 1829) / Constantine Porphyrogennetos ; translated by Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East, 905-959.

Contributor:

Moffatt, Ann.

Tall, Maxeme.

Reiske, Johann Jacob, 1716-1774.

Australian Association for Byzantine Studies.

Series:

Byzantina Australiensia 18.

Byzantina Australiensia / Australian Association for Byzantine Studies ; 18

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East, 905-959. De ceremoniis.

Constantine.

Rites and ceremonies--Byzantine Empire--Early works to 1800.

Rites and ceremonies.

Byzantine Empire--Court and courtiers--History--Sources.

Byzantine Empire.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (912 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Canberra ; Virginia, Queensland, Australia : Australian Association for Byzantine Studies, 2012.

Language Note:

English translation with commentary and Greek text below.

Summary:

This is the first modern language translation of the entire text of the tenth-century Greek Book of Ceremonies (De ceremoniis) , a work compiled and edited by the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII (905-959). It preserves material from the fifth century through to the 960s. Chapters deal with diverse subjects of concern to the emperor including the role of the court, secular and ecclesiastical ceremonies, processions within the Palace and through Constantinople to its churches, the imperial tombs, embassies, banquets and dress, the role of the demes, hippodrome festivals with chariot races, imperial appointments, the hierarchy of the Byzantine administration, the equipping of expeditions, including to recover Crete from the Arabs, and the lists of ecclesiastical provinces and bishoprics.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Introduction / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Book I / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Appendix to Book I (Imperial Expeditions) / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Book II / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Addenda to Books I and II / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Maps / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Glossary / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Bibliography / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall

Index / Ann Moffatt and Maxeme Tall.

Notes:

Each page of translation includes a facsimile of the Greek edition of Johann Jacob Reiske, published in the Corpus scriptorum historiae Byzantinae (Bonn, 1829), forming a parallel text.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 837-846) and index.

Contains:

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East, 905-959. De ceremoniis. English (Moffatt and Tall)

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of the East, 905-959. De ceremoniis. Greek (Reiske)

Philotheos, active 899. Klētorologion. English (Moffatt and Tall)

Philotheos, active 899. Klētorologion. Greek (Reiske)

Ekthesis prōtoklēsiōn patriarchōn te kai mētropolitōn. English (Moffatt and Tall)

Ekthesis prōtoklēsiōn patriarchōn te kai mētropolitōn. Greek (Reiske)

ISBN:

90-04-34492-6

OCLC:

826065654

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004344921 DOI