The Chalke gate, the construction of the past, and the Trier ivory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11933062 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leslie Brubaker (0000-0002-8598-2589, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Pages | 258-285 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-0131 • E-ISSN: 1749-625X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1179/byz.1999.23.1.258 |
| OpenAlex | W2026280521 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 9 |
The vestibule to the Great Palace of the Byzantine emperors was called the Chalke (ή Χαλκῆ = bronze) gate, a name that the twelfth-century historians George Kedrenos and John Zonaras explain as deriving from the bronze roof-tiles but which their contemporary Niketas Choniates ascribed to its great bronze doors. Which, if either, of these attributions is correct is a moot point: by the time they were recorded, the name Chalke had been attached to the structure for over half a millennium
Art · Art history · Ivory tower · Linguistics · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Medieval European History and Architecture · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2026 (25) |
| Highly cited | No |