The first comprehensive attempt to reconstruct from archaeological, liturgical, and historical sources the ceremonial use of Early Byzantine architecture. The archaeological remains of a dozen pre-Iconoclastic churches in Constantinople are examined, and the characteristic patterns of planning revealed are interpreted in the light of the Early Byzantine liturgy. A new approach to Byzantine architecture, which is studied here in the critical first phase of its development.
- ISBN10 0271001089
- ISBN13 9780271001081
- Publish Date 1 October 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 302
- Language English