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Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-40589-9 - Byzantine Style, Religion and Civilization: In Honour of Sir Steven Runciman Elizabeth Jeffreys Index More information Index Aaron 11, 13 Apion I, Flavius 419 Abbas Hierax, and Apion family 419, 422 Apion II, Flavius 418–19 Abgar of Edessa 192, 193 Apion III, Flavius 418, 420, 422–3 letter (in Constantinople) 198–9 Apion IV, Flavius 420–1 Acre, crusader scriptorium 165, 167 Apion papyri 419, 421; see also Oxyrhynchus Acta Davidis, Symeonis et Georgii 362, 364, and evidence for administration of 365 estates 421 chronology for pardon of and evidence for family involvement 421–2 Theophilos 366–70 architecture, military, Crusader and quality of as source 363–4 Byzantine 159–62 Symeon’s role in 366, 367, 368, 369 ark of the covenant 9, 14 Aetios, papias 182 armed pilgrimage 253–4 Agat‘angelos, ‘History of Armenia’ 185–6 and knights as small group leaders 253 Agios Ioannis, alternative names for 43 garrisons to guard communications 259–60 port of 41–3 Armenian traditions in 9th cent. routes from 44 Constantinople 186, 187 Alan princess, a hostage 150 Askalon, fortress and shrine 261–2 Alexander, emperor 341, 344 Asotˇ Bagratuni 181, 182, 209, 218 Alexios I Komnenos, letter to Robert of Attaleiates, Michael 244 Flanders 253, 260, 261 Attaleiates, Michael, Diataxis of 244–6; see also on armed pilgrimage 254 Monastery of the Hospice of Al-Idrisi, and Gulf of Dyers 58 All-Merciful Christ Alisan,ˇ L. M., and ‘Discovery of the Relics of the Holy Illuminator’ 177 B. L., Egerton 1139 165–7, 168 Amphilochia, date of first part 210 ‘Basilios’ 166 date of whole work 211 and Jerusalem 165 nature of 209, 210–11 miniatures 166 of Photios painters 166 real addressee of? 211–12 Queen Melisende’s Psalter? 165, 167 so-called, of Basil of Caesarea 212 Bagrat, son of king of Georgia 150 sources used 213–14 Bajezid I 74, 75, 76, 78 theology of 209–10 Balfour, A. J., on building of Manchester Amphilochios, bishop of Ikonion 212 Municpal School of Technology 123 bishop of Kyzikos 206, 210 Balsaˇ III 81 Amyun, churches in 168 barbarians, young, status of in Byzantine Anastasius, emperor 418 court 135, 150–2 and Egyptian intellectuals 417–18 Bardas 361, 368, 370 Anicia Juliana, and St Polyeuktos 418 Barnabas, Apocryphal Acts of 400 Ankara, fortifications of 161 Barnabas, Apostle 396 Anna Komnene, and Greek fire 311, 316 cult of 399–400 Antony of Novgorod 198, 199 discovery of relics of 400 Apion family, contact with properties 423 Laudatio of 400, 401 nomenclature 419 monastic church of 399, 401 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-40589-9 - Byzantine Style, Religion and Civilization: In Honour of Sir Steven Runciman Elizabeth Jeffreys Index More information Index 429 Basil I 6, 178–81, 185 Burkert, W., on shamanism 229 Basil II 326–36 Byzantine–Bulgarian relations (921-4), a Lekapenos 333–4 sources 346–7 ambiguous treatment of court members 334–5 Cadaster of Thebes 56 and family power struggle 334, 335–6 Camblak, Gregory 75 and the ‘Powerful’ 327, 333 Campanopetra 394–403 and the Lekapenoi 333 and pilgrimage 395, 399 attitude to Constantine VIII 335 and relic of Holy Cross 397 marriage policy 336 built by Anthemius 401 novel against the ‘Powerful’ 332 lay-out of church 394–5 paucity of evidence on 326–7 original location 394 recent work on 327–8 stone tank 401–3 revolts of Phokas and Skleros 328, 333 Zeno’s commission 401–3 Basil Lekapenos, the parakoimomenos 331, Cappadocia, and Paul Lucas’ accounts 411 332–3, 334 Cassiodorus 140 the parakoimomenos, lingering influence castles, Byzantine, building techniques 160–1 of 332 Crusader, building techniques 160 Basil of Caesarea, correspondence with casts, copying of 120 Amphilochios 212 Cavallo, G., on Vat. gr. 699 8 basin, Venetian 93–116 Cernomen,ˇ battle of 72, 73, 78 description of 93–104 Chadwick, H., on Photios 207 differences from V&A panel 116, 123–4 chalices, Romanos 32 function of 105–6 cheirosiphons 296 in Byzantine style 91 nature of 314–15 lion’s head parallels 116, 124 cherubim 11, 13 parallels in San Marco and Torcello 107–11, Christ Emmanuel, medallion 27–9 124 Christian Topography 4, 5 parallels with V&A panel 111–13 Book V 9 parallels with Venetian exterior Florence MS. 5, 17 ornament 113–15, 123–4 Sinai MS. 5, 17 Beck, H.-G., on Photios as theologian 207 Vatican MS. 4, 9 Bentley, J. F., and Westminster Vatican MS., format 6, 18 Cathedral 123–4 Vatican MS., iconophile arguments 17–18 Bignon, Abbe,´ and Paul Lucas 406, 411 Vatican MS., parchment 7 Bintliff, J. 48 Vatican MS., ruling system 7 Birbaum, Franc¸ois 27–8 Christodorus 417 bishoprics, in Middle Byzantine Boeotia 51 civitates, failure of 49 Boeotia, early Byzantine forts in 47–8 Clement I 185 middle Byzantine economic revival 55–6 Colluthus of Lykopolis 417 silk production in see silk manufacture Constantia 395; see also Campanopetra Boeotian Survey 50, 51, 53, 55 destruction of 397 Bohemond of Tarentum 254, 258, 261, Constantine, and Constantinopolitan 263 Senate 414–15 Boris, son of Peter of Bulgaria 150 and founding of Constantinople 414 Botkin, Mikhail Petrovich 27 and provincial networks 414 British Museum 93 Constantine and Methodios 185 Buchthal. H. 165–7 Constantine V 3, 344 Buchwald, H. 106, 115 Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus 341, Bulgaria, Byzantine aggressive policy 355 towards 344 Constantine VIII 335 medieval, geography of 343 Constantine VIII, and his unmarried medieval, implications of location daughters 336 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-40589-9 - Byzantine Style, Religion and Civilization: In Honour of Sir Steven Runciman Elizabeth Jeffreys Index More information 430 Index Constantine IX Monomachos 31, 32, 33 Djuradj II StracimirovicBal´ siˇ c´ 81, 82 crown of 31–3 Domvraina, Bay of 41, 44, 48 miniature of, in Sinaiticus 364 33 Dubrovnik 81 Constantine the Philosopher 75, 78 Dufrenne, S., on tabernacle imagery 16 Constantinople 6, 7–8 Dusan,ˇ see Stefan UrosIVDuˇ sanˇ a ‘melting pot’ 413 and court of Basil II 328 earrings, Middle Byzantine 26–7 reasons for foundation 413 with filigree enamel 26–7 Crane, W. 118, 120 Ecumenical Council, Seventh 3 Crown of Hungary, Holy 32 Egypt, ‘breadbasket of empire’ 416 Crusader art 168–70 contribution to intellectual life 417–18 Crusader icons 170 demographic significance 415–16 crusading leaders, attitudes to Islam 261 economic significane 416 inability to read inscriptions 261–2 Nile flood 416 previous awareness of Islam 260, 261 place in East Roman world 415–18 treatment of Muslims 265 source of administrators 416–17 curse-tablets 225, 230 Ellas-Peloponnesos 57 Cyrus of Panopolis 417 enamel, cloisonne8´ enamels, 19th-cent. manufacture of 27–9 daimones, Jewish and Christian attitudes Byzantine 25–33 to 225–6 forgery of 26–33 Dalton, O. M. 92 in Botkin collection 27–9 Daphnopates, Theodore 353 Er¯otapokrisis 209 Theodore, on peace with Bulgaria 347 Erythrius 417 De administrando imperio 347 Eulogius 416, 417 on oil sources for Greek fire 291, 305, 309 eunuch monks, examples of 239–40 Decani,ˇ monastery 77, 147 exceptions to proscriptions in typika 240 decline, rural 49 eunuchs as angels 240, 246 defter of 1466/7 39, 41, 44 prescriptions against in monastic typika 238 Delphi, as ‘Kastri’ 40, 41 proscribed in typika of Mt Athos 239 Demus, O. 106, 116 proscribed in typikon of Mar Saba 239 Dionysiaka, and Dionysos Zagreus 281 Eusebios 192, 193 conflicting interpretations of 276 exhibitions, Byzantine art 25 Dionysos to console mankind with Byzantine art, Baltimore, 1947 25, 27 wine 282 Byzantine art, Berlin, 1939 25, 26 Dionysos’s mission 281, 284 Byzantine art, New York, 1997 25, 26, 31 key role of Semele 281, 282–3, 284 Byzantine art, Paris, 1931 25, 26, 31 linear composition? 275 Byzantine art, Paris, 1992–3 25, 29 on reciprocal human and divine relations 280 Faberge,´ workshop of 27–8 preambles 278–80 Faberzhe, Tatiana 27 see also Nonnos of Panopolis Fauth, W. on Dionysiaka 275 selective summary of 280–4 Flavius Anthemius Isidorus 416 two versions of discovery of the vine 284; Fondaco dei Turchi, roundel 115 see also Nonnos of Panopolis fortifications, Byzantine 159 ‘Discovery of the Relics of the Holy Crusader 159 Illuminator’, anachronism 185 Fulcher of Chartres 253, 261 date of composition 182–4, 187 English translation of 178–81 George, catholicos of Armenia 182 location of churches 183–4 Germanos 138 publication history of 177–8 Gesta Francorum Anonymi 253, 254, 257, 259, role of Photios 184–5, 187 261, 262, 263, 264 Djuradj Brankovic,´ Despot 74, 83, 85 goetia, see magic © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-40589-9 - Byzantine Style, Religion and Civilization: In Honour of Sir Steven Runciman Elizabeth Jeffreys Index More information Index 431 Gorica, church of St George 82, 83 the tile 197, 199 Goriˇcki Zbornik 82 to Paris 199–200 Greek fire 290–316 travellers’ accounts of 198 ‘prepared’ oil 310, 315 tuile and touaile 198 a flame-thrower (Byzantine) 290 Innocent VI 72 and De administrando imperio 292 inscriptions in Holy Land, and siphon 293 incomprehensible 261 Arab use of 291, 314 Isaija, monk 73 Byzantine access to oil for 309 Isidore of Pelusium 419 debates on nature of 291–2 first attestations of 291 Jackson, T. G., and Giggleswick School 123 incendiary missiles (western) 290 Jacoby, D., on silk production 57 petroleum-based 291 Jefimija (also Jelena), nun, widow of Jovan practical experiments with 291 Ugljesaˇ 75, 78–9 see also liquid fire and encolpion 78 Gregory of Nazianzos, career of 226 and katapetasma 79 commentaries on Sermons 227; see also and pokrov 79 Pseudo-Nonnos Jela, daughter of Lazar and Milica 81–3 Invectives against the Emperor Julian 226 Jelena, see Jela magic and Magi 227 Jerusalem, crusader scriptorium 167 Homilies, Paris MS.
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    Sultan Ahmed III’s calligraphy of the Basmala: “In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate” The Ottoman Sultans Mighty Guests of the Throne Note on Transliteration In this work, words in Ottoman Turkish, including the Turkish names of people and their written works, as well as place-names within the boundaries of present-day Turkey, have been transcribed according to official Turkish orthography. Accordingly, c is read as j, ç is ch, and ş is sh. The ğ is silent, but it lengthens the preceding vowel. I is pronounced like the “o” in “atom,” and ö is the same as the German letter in Köln or the French “eu” as in “peu.” Finally, ü is the same as the German letter in Düsseldorf or the French “u” in “lune.” The anglicized forms, however, are used for some well-known Turkish words, such as Turcoman, Seljuk, vizier, sheikh, and pasha as well as place-names, such as Anatolia, Gallipoli, and Rumelia. The Ottoman Sultans Mighty Guests of the Throne SALİH GÜLEN Translated by EMRAH ŞAHİN Copyright © 2010 by Blue Dome Press Originally published in Turkish as Tahtın Kudretli Misafirleri: Osmanlı Padişahları 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system without permission in writing from the Publisher. Published by Blue Dome Press 535 Fifth Avenue, 6th Fl New York, NY, 10017 www.bluedomepress.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available ISBN 978-1-935295-04-4 Front cover: An 1867 painting of the Ottoman sultans from Osman Gazi to Sultan Abdülaziz by Stanislaw Chlebowski Front flap: Rosewater flask, encrusted with precious stones Title page: Ottoman Coat of Arms Back flap: Sultan Mehmed IV’s edict on the land grants that were deeded to the mosque erected by the Mother Sultan in Bahçekapı, Istanbul (Bottom: 16th century Ottoman parade helmet, encrusted with gems).