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Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai, the Glossary

Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai (Παραστάσεις σύντομοι χρονικαί, "brief historical notes") is an eighth- to ninth-century Byzantine text that concentrates on brief commentary connected to the topography of Constantinople and its monuments, notably its Classical Greek sculpture, for which it has been mined by art historians.^[1]

31 relations: Amulet, Ancient Greek, Ancient history, Anecdote, Art history, Averil Cameron, Byzantine Empire, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, Classical Greek sculpture, Constantine the Great, Constantinople, Daimon, Demosthenes, Destiny, Ekphrasis, Fourth Crusade, Frankokratia, Hagia Sophia, Hippodrome of Constantinople, Historia Augusta, Idolatry, Judith Herrin, Legend, Macedonian Renaissance, Mirabilia Urbis Romae, Niketas Choniates, Patria of Constantinople, Philippicus, Sack of Constantinople, Solecism, Topography.
8th-century books
9th-century books
Culture of the Byzantine Empire

Amulet

An amulet, also known as a good luck charm or phylactery, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Ancient history

Ancient history is a time period from the beginning of writing and recorded human history through late antiquity.

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Anecdote

An anecdote is "a story with a point", such as to communicate an abstract idea about a person, place, or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative or to characterize by delineating a specific quirk or trait.

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Art history

Art history is, briefly, the history of art—or the study of a specific type of objects created in the past.

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Averil Cameron

Dame Averil Millicent Cameron (Sutton; born 8 February 1940), often cited as A. M. Cameron, is a British historian.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Byzantinische Zeitschrift

Byzantinische Zeitschrift (abbr. BZ and ByzZ) is a Byzantine studies journal established in 1892 by Karl Krumbacher.

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Classical Greek sculpture

Classical Greek sculpture has long been regarded as the highest point in the development of Ancient Greek sculpture.

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Constantine the Great

Constantine I (27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Daimon

The Ancient Greek: δαίμων, pronounced daimon or daemon (meaning "god", "godlike", "power", "fate"), originally referred to a lesser deity or guiding spirit such as the daimons of ancient Greek religion and mythology and of later Hellenistic religion and philosophy.

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Demosthenes

Demosthenes (translit;; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens.

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Destiny

Destiny, sometimes also called fate, is a predetermined course of events.

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Ekphrasis

The word ekphrasis, or ecphrasis, comes from the Greek for the written description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical or literary exercise, often used in the adjectival form ekphrastic.

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Fourth Crusade

The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III. Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai and Fourth Crusade are Constantinople.

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Frankokratia

The Frankokratia (Φραγκοκρατία, Francocratia, sometimes anglicized as Francocracy), also known as Latinokratia (Λατινοκρατία, Latinocratia, "rule of the Latins", Latin occupation) and, for the Venetian domains, Venetokratia or Enetokratia (Βενετοκρατία or Ενετοκρατία, Venetocratia, "rule of the Venetians"), was the period in Greek history after the Fourth Crusade (1204), when a number of primarily French and Italian states were established by the Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae on the territory of the dismantled Byzantine Empire.

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Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia ('Holy Wisdom'), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Hippodrome of Constantinople

The Hippodrome of Constantinople (Hippódromos tēs Kōnstantinoupóleōs; Circus Maximus Constantinopolitanus; Hipodrom), was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai and Hippodrome of Constantinople are Constantinople.

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Historia Augusta

The Historia Augusta (English: Augustan History) is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284.

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Idolatry

Idolatry is the worship of a cult image or "idol" as though it were a deity.

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Judith Herrin

Judith Herrin (born 1942) is an English archaeologist, byzantinist, and historian of Late Antiquity.

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Legend

A legend is a genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human actions, believed or perceived to have taken place in human history.

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Macedonian Renaissance

Macedonian Renaissance (Μακεδονική Αναγέννηση) is a historiographical term used for the blossoming of Byzantine culture in the 9th–11th centuries, under the eponymous Macedonian dynasty (867–1056), following the upheavals and transformations of the 7th–8th centuries, also known as the "Byzantine Dark Ages".

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Mirabilia Urbis Romae

Mirabilia Urbis Romae (“Marvels of the City of Rome”) is a grouping of hundreds of manuscripts, incunabula, and books in Latin and modern European languages that describe notable built works and historic monuments in the city of Rome.

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Niketas Choniates

Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician.

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Patria of Constantinople

The Patria of Constantinople (Πάτρια Κωνσταντινουπόλεως), also regularly referred to by the Latin name Scriptores originum Constantinopolitarum ("writers on the origins of Constantinople"), are a Byzantine collection of historical works on the history and monuments of the Byzantine imperial capital of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey). Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai and Patria of Constantinople are byzantine literature, Constantinople and culture of the Byzantine Empire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parastaseis_syntomoi_chronikai

Also known as Parastaseis.