Comte Paul Riant, Exuviae sacrae Constantinopolitanae
Vol. I et vol. II, préface de J. Durand, Paris, Éditions du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, 2004
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4089495 |
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| Authors | John Wortley (University of Manitoba, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 350-351 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue de l histoire des religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-1423 • E-ISSN: 2105-2573 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/rhr.5176 |
| OpenAlex | W1535269916 |
| Language | EN |
Exuviae can mean both the armour stripped from the defeated and also “special attributes of gods carried in processions”, hence it is a most appropriate title for this work which is mainly concerned with the holy relics which the participants in the Fourth Crusade carried off from the vanquished capital on the Bosporus. They took a great deal else beside relics of course, but the relics were of particular importance, partly because (as A. Frolow argued in 1954) the relics may have been largel
Art · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Architectural Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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