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13: - Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial

from Part III - Urban Experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2022

By
Mark J. Johnson
Edited by
Sarah Bassett
Sarah Bassett
Affiliation:
Indiana University
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Summary

Chapter 13, “Sacred Dimensions: Death and Burial,” examines burial practices in Constantinople between the fourth century and the fifteenth century. Particular attention is given to aristocratic and imperial burial practice.

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Holy Apostlesburialparekklesion,
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The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople , pp. 214 - 228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Johnson, M. J., The Roman Imperial Mausoleum in Late Antiquity (Cambridge, 2009).Google Scholar
Marinis, V., “Tombs and Burials in the Monastery tou Libos in Constantinople,” DOP 63 (2009): 147–66.Google Scholar
Mullett, M. and Ousterhout, R. G., eds., The Holy Apostles: A Lost Monument, a Forgotten Project, and the Presentness of the Past (Washington, DC, 2020).Google Scholar
Ousterhout, R., “Temporal Structuring in the Chora Parekklesion,” Gesta 34 (1995): 63–76.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ousterhout, R., Eastern Medieval Architecture: The Building Traditions of Byzantium and Neighboring Lands (Oxford, 2019).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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