Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259

Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259

This article aims to examine the material of a codex entitled Hermeneia of the Painters. The manuscript in question constitutes a copy of an esteemed constitutio textus of late byzantine period regarding the descriptions of Saint’s physiognomy along with quotations from their dicta and an entry of v...

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Main Author: Constantine M. Vapheiades
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2018-11-01
Series:I Quaderni del MAES
Subjects:
painter’s manuals
mount athos
byzantine painting
Online Access:https://maes.unibo.it/article/view/8727
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spelling doaj-e760e8fd1773479db868408de41611f72020-11-25T02:58:43ZengUniversity of BolognaI Quaderni del MAES1593-89992533-23252018-11-0116013314410.6092/issn.2533-2325/87277582Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259Constantine M. Vapheiades0University of Athens. Ecclesiastical Academy of AthensThis article aims to examine the material of a codex entitled Hermeneia of the Painters. The manuscript in question constitutes a copy of an esteemed constitutio textus of late byzantine period regarding the descriptions of Saint’s physiognomy along with quotations from their dicta and an entry of verses and epigrams related to biblical events. As I am intended to prove, byzantine painting manuals were not just a collection of technical and iconographical advises, like the post-byzantine ones, but mainly a corpus of theoretical knowledge necessary for artists’ nurture.https://maes.unibo.it/article/view/8727painter’s manualsmount athosbyzantine painting
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I Quaderni del MAES
painter’s manuals
mount athos
byzantine painting
author_facet Constantine M. Vapheiades
author_sort Constantine M. Vapheiades
title Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259
title_short Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259
title_full Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259
title_fullStr Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259
title_full_unstemmed Byzantine painting treatises: the case of Codex Panteleimoniensis 259
title_sort byzantine painting treatises: the case of codex panteleimoniensis 259
publisher University of Bologna
series I Quaderni del MAES
issn 1593-8999
2533-2325
publishDate 2018-11-01
description This article aims to examine the material of a codex entitled Hermeneia of the Painters. The manuscript in question constitutes a copy of an esteemed constitutio textus of late byzantine period regarding the descriptions of Saint’s physiognomy along with quotations from their dicta and an entry of verses and epigrams related to biblical events. As I am intended to prove, byzantine painting manuals were not just a collection of technical and iconographical advises, like the post-byzantine ones, but mainly a corpus of theoretical knowledge necessary for artists’ nurture.
topic painter’s manuals
mount athos
byzantine painting
url https://maes.unibo.it/article/view/8727
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