Table Of ContentThe Pantokrator Monastery in Constantinople
Byzantinisches Archiv
Begründet von Karl Krumbacher
Als Ergänzung zur Byzantinischen Zeitschrift
herausgegeben von
Albrecht Berger
Band 27
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The Pantokrator Monastery
in Constantinople
Edited by
Sofia Kotzabassi
De Gruyter
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Preface
The most important imperial foundation from the Komnene age is the Monastery
of Pantokrator, which continues to this day to impress both the scholar and the
casual visitor. It is as clear to those who visit its three churches, which despite re-
peated devastation still inspire admiration for the perfection of their construction
and the elegance of their decoration, as to those who read its typikon that John II
Komnenos and his empress Eirene spared no cost to erect a splendid monastery
complex, which absorbed a number of smaller foundations, mainly in the environs
of Constantinople, and to make generous provision for its upkeep and operation.
This lavish endowment, which would ensure among other things the continuous
commemoration of the monastery’s founders, is directly linked to the fact that its
middle church, which is dedicated to the Archangel Michael and described as a her-
oon, was built as a funerary chapel for the Komnenoi family. The importance of the
monastery is further illustrated by the role it played alike under the Latin emperors
and later, during the Palaiologan age, when the church of St Michael served the
members of that family as their principal funerary chapel.
A monument of such magnificence could hardly fail to attract the attention and
the interest of numerous scholars. In 1923 Gyula Moravcsik collected all the then
known evidence concerning the Monastery and published texts relating to its his-
tory. The new edition of its typikon published, with a French translation, by Paul
Gautier in 1969 made this exceptionally important text accessible and led to nu-
merous studies of the monastery complex. Particular mention must be made of the
work done by Timothy Miller and Robert Volk, who studied its infirmary and other
charitable institutions. The plans for the renovation of the monument and the re-
cent studies by Robert Ousterhout have considerably expanded our knowledge of
the architecture of the surviving part of the monastery complex, while David Ja-
coby’s articles have shed light on aspects of its history during the Latin occupation
(1204-1261).
The first part of this book contains papers on the history of the Monastery of
Pantokrator, based on the available textual and other material relating to the monu-
ment. The studies in the second part examine and give prominence to the wealth of
texts referring or relating to the monument.
The editor of the volume wishes to express her gratitude to the contributors, to
the editor of the Byzantinisches Archiv, Albrecht Berger, and especially to Rοbert
Ousterhout for his initial encouragement and my colleague Ioannis Vassis for his
support throughout the whole process of preparation and publication.
Sofia Kotzabassi
Contents
Abbreviations ix
History
Vlada Stanković – Albrecht Berger, The Komnenoi and Constanti-
nople before the Building of the Pantokrator Complex 3
Paul Magdalino, The Foundation of the Pantokrator Monastery in Its
Urban Setting 33
Sofia Kotzabassi, The Monastery of Pantokrator between 1204 and 1453 57
Andreas Gkoutzioukostas, Byzantine Officials in the Typikon of the
Monastery of Christ Pantokrator in Constantinople 71
Evelina Mineva, References to the Monastery of Pantokrator in Old Slavic
Literature (14th-15th c.) 83
Ilias Taxidis, The Monastery of Pantokrator in the Narratives of Western
Travellers 97
Texts
Theodora Antonopoulou, George Skylitzes’ Office on the Translation of
the Holy Stone. A Study and Critical Edition 109
Mario D’Ambrosi, The Icon of the Three Holy Hierarchs at the Pantokrator
Monastery and the Epigramms of Theodore Prodromos on Them 143
Sofia Kotzabassi, Feasts at the Monastery of Pantokrator 153
Marina Loukaki, Empress Piroska-Eirene’s Collaborators in the Found-
ation of the Pantokrator Monastery: The Testimony of Nikolaos Kata-
phloron 191
Ioannis Vassis, Das Pantokratorkloster von Konstantinopel in der byzan ti-
ni schen Dichtung 203
Selected bibliography 251
Index 255
Plates 265
Abbreviations
AASS Acta Sanctorum
ACO Acta Conciliorum Oecumenicorum
AHC Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum
AHG Analecta Hymnica Graeca e codicibus eruta Italiae inferioris
AnBoll Analecta Bollandiana
BBA Berliner Byzantinistische Arbeiten
BCH Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique
BF Byzantinische Forschungen
BHG Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca
BMGS Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies
BNJ Byzantinisch-Neugriechische Jahrbücher
BollGrott Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata
BSl Byzantinoslavica
BV Byzantina Vindobonensia
Byz Byzantion
BZ Byzantinische Zeitschrift
CCSG Corpus Christianorum Series Graeca
CFHB Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae
CIC Corpus Iuris Civilis
CIG Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum
CIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
CPG Clavis Patrum Graecorum
CPaG Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum
CSHB Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae
DA Deutsches Archiv für die Erforschung des Mittelalters
DACL Dictionnaire d’Archéologie Chrétienne et de Liturgie
DHGE Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie ecclésiastique
DOP Dumbarton Oaks Papers
DOS Dumbarton Oaks Studies
DOT Dumbarton Oaks Texts
EB Études Balkaniques
EEBS Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν
ÉO Échos d’Orient
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller
GRBS Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
HZ Historische Zeitschrift
JbAC Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum
x Abbreviations
JECS Journal of Early Christian Studies
JHS Journal of Hellenic Studies
JÖB Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik
JÖBG Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft
LMA Lexikon des Mittelalters
LThK Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche
MGH Monumenta Germaniae Historica
MIÖG Mitteilungen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung
MMB Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae
ΝΕ Νέος Ἑλληνομνήμων
OC Orientalia Christiana
OCA Orientalia Christiana Analecta
OCP Orientalia Christiana Periodica
OrChrist Oriens Christianus
PG Patrologia Graeca
PL Patrologia Latina
PLP Prosopographisches Lexikon der Palaiologenzeit
PmbZ Prosopographie der mittelbyzantinischen Zeit
PO Patrologia Orientalis
PTS Patristische Texte und Studien
RAC Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum
RbK Reallexikon zur byzantinischen Kunst
RE Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
RÉArm Revue des Études Arméniennes
RÉB Revue des Études Byzantines
RÉG Revue des Études Grecques
RÉSEE Revue des Études Sud-Est-Européennes
RHT Revue d’histoire des textes
ROC Revue de l’Orient Chrétien
RömQ Römische Quartalsschrift
RSBN Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici
SBN Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici
SBS Studies in Byzantine Sigillography
SC Sources Chrétiennes
Script Scriptorium
TIB Tabula Imperii Byzantini
TM Travaux et Mémoires
TRE Theologische Realenzyklopädie
TU Texte und Untersuchungen
VigChr Vigiliae Christianae
VV Vizantijskij Vremennik
WBS Wiener Byzantinistische Studien
WSt Wiener Studien
ZAC Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum
ZKG Zeitschrift für Kirchengeschichte
ZRVI Zbornik Radova Vizantolo kog Instituta
