Relics of the Pharos Chapel: A View from the Latin West

Bacci, Michele

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Relics of the Pharos Chapel: A View from the Latin West

Bacci, Michele Université de Fribourg

2003

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Eastern Christian Relics - Восточнохристианские реликвии / Lidov, M.. - 2003, p. 234-248

Istanbul (Turquie) - Eglise Notre-Dame du Phare

English This paper deals with the Medieval sources concerning the relics worshipped in the Pharos Chapel, the private church of the Basileus in the Imperial Palace of Constantinople. It especially focus on an hitherto neglected source by Leo Tuscus, a Pisan writer who made an accurate description of the church and witnessed the specific veneration for an image of the Mother of God "Oikokyra", perceived as supernatural defender of the Imperial House.

Faculty

Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines

Department

Département d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie

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