“Procopius of Caesarea's description of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople – between historiography and rhetoric”

Magdalena Garnczarska

doi:10.21697/sc.2016.23.04en

Publié le:

Vol. 23 (2016)

“Procopius of Caesarea's description of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople – between historiography and rhetoric”

Magdalena Garnczarska

Saeculum Christianum

Rubrique: Rozprawy i Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2016.23.04en

Résumé

The sixth-century historian Procopius of Caesarea described the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople in his treatise "Περὶ κτισμάτων" ("On Buildings"). The text about Hagia Sophia is the only surviving historical source for the original Justinianic edifice before the collapse of its first dome in 558. This detailed and elaborate description of the church is an example of ekphrasis. Ekphrasis is a rhetorical technique which makes the described object visible. In this paper I will attempt to analyse how far Procopius' description is a rhetorical exercise, and how far it is a trustworthy historical source.

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Garnczarska, M. (2021). “Procopius of Caesarea’s description of the church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople – between historiography and rhetoric”. Saeculum Christianum, 23(1), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2016.23.04en

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Magdalena Garnczarska

Affiliation:

UJ Pologne

Note biographique

Magdalena Garnczarska is currently a doctoral student at the Faculty of History of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and studies in classical philology. Her main research interests include Byzantine art, especially its iconography, as well as Byzantine texts on artistic issues.