Angelov Dimiter Professor - Pseudo-Kodinos and the Constantinopolitan Court: Offices and Ceremonies

About the series

Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies is devoted to the history, culture and archaeology of the Byzantine and Ottoman worlds of the East Mediterranean region from the fifth to the twentieth century. It provides a forum for the publication of research completed by scholars from the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Birmingham, and those with similar research interests.

About the book

The work known as Pseudo-Kodinos, the fourteenth-century text which is one of two surviving ceremonial books from the Byzantine empire, is presented here for the first time in English translation. With a facing page Greek text and the first indepth analysis in the form of commentary and individual studies on the hierarchy, the ceremonies, court attire, the Blachernai palace, lighting, music, gestures and postures, this volume makes an important new contribution to the study of the Byzantine court, and to the history and culture of Byzantium more broadly.

About the authors

Ruth Macrides is Reader in Byzantine Studies in the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.

J.A. Munitiz, SJ, is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.

Dimiter Angelov is Professor of Byzantine History in the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.

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RUTH MACRIDES

J.A. MUNITIZ

DIMITER ANGELOV

First Published 2013 by Ashgate Publisher

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Pseudo-Kodinos.
Pseudo-Kodinos, The Constantinopolitan court, offices and ceremonies / by Ruth
Macrides, Joseph Munitiz and Dimiter Angelov.
pages cm. (Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies)
In Greek and English translation on facing pages.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-6752-01. Byzantine Empire
Court and courtiersEarly works to 1800. 2. Byzantine EmpireSocial life and
customsEarly works to 1800. 3. Rites and ceremoniesByzantine EmpireEarly works
to 1800. I. Macrides, R.J II. Munitiz, Joseph A. III. Angelov, Dimiter, 1972-IV. Pseudo-Kodinos
Ta ton ophphikion ton Vasileon Konstantinoupoleos onomata kai ton ophikion tes
Megales Ekklesias. V. Pseudo-Kodinos Ta ton ophphikion ton Vasileon Konstantinoupoleos
onomata kai ton ophphikion tes Megales Ekklesias. English. VI. Title.
DF531.P7713 2013
949.502dc23

2013013165

ISBN 9780754667520 (hbk)

Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies Volume 13

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Greek names and terms have been transliterated as closely as possible. Common Christian names and well-known place-names are given in the form most familiar to English readers. Greek is rendered as e and as b for Byzantine names, except where the Latin origin of the name makes v more appropriate.