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    Le sculture bizantine di Trebisonda: appunti di viaggio

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    Un recente sopralluogo a Trebisonda, la capitale dell'impero dei Grandi Comneni sulla costa del Mar Nero, è stato l'occasione per riprendere in esame le testimonianze di scultura bizantina ancora esistenti in alcune chiese del XIII secolo. Accanto ai più noti capitelli proto e mediobizantini riutilizzati in Santa Sofia, vengono presentate altre inedite sculture individuate nell'area circostante. Viene inoltre analizzato, attraverso la documentazione antica, il perduto monumento funerario presso la Panagia Chrysokephalos che si ritiene composto da parti di un arredo mediobizantino. L'articolo si sofferma infine sulla decorazione architettonica della chiesa di S. Eugenio, opera di manifattura locale. I risultati dello studio possono contribuire a delineare la vivace e multiforme cultura artistica della Trebisonda tardobizantinaA recent survey in the city of Trebizond, the capital of the empire of the Grand Komnenoi on the Black Sea, has been the occasion to reconsider the Byzantine sculpture still surviving in some of the 13th century churches. Besides the well-known 6th and 11th century capitals from Constantinople re-used in Saint Sophia, other overlooked early Byzantine marbles displayed in the surrounding area are presented. The lost funerary monument near Panagia Chrysokephalos is analyzed through old documentation and hypothetically identified with a middle Byzantine liturgical furniture. At last, the article deals with the architectural decoration of the church of St. Eugenios, in order to evaluate the character of the local workshop, exemplified whether by an entrelac style or by re-using and reworking early-Byzantine stone sculptures. The data discussed may contribute to outline the multiform and lively artistic culture of the late Byzantine Trebizond

    The Marble Floor Decoration in Constantinople: Prolegomena to a Corpus

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    The article proposes a panoramic review of the marble floor decoration in Constantinople extending from the 6th to the 14th century, including the sectilia today preserved in the quadriportico of Saint Irene, which derive from excavations conducted both at Istanbul and in surroundings regions; the remains of other marble pavements yet in situ in their original structures; and those instances that can be no longer inspected today, but which were nonetheless recorded at the moment of their rediscovery
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