Mango, Cyril A.

Byzantium : the empire of New Rome by Cyril A Mango ( Book )
20 editions published between 1980 and 2005 in English and Greek, Modern and held by 1,555 libraries worldwide

The Oxford history of Byzantium ( Book )
12 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and held by 1,409 libraries worldwide
This book provides detailed coverage of Byzantium from its Roman beginnings to the fall of Constantinople and assimilation into the Turkish Empire. Essays and illustrations portray the emergence and development of a distinctive civilization, covering the period from the 4th century to the mid-15th century. The authors outline the political history of the Byzantine state and bring to life the evolution of a colorful culture. In AD 324, the Emperor Constantine the Great chose Byzantion, an ancient Greek colony at the mouth of the Thracian Bosphorus, as his imperial residence. He renamed the place "Constaninopolis nova Roma", "Constantinople, the new Rome" and the city (modern Istanbul) became the Eastern capital of the later Roman empire. The new Rome outlived the old and Constantine's successors continued to regard themselves as the legitimate emperors of Rome, just as their subjects called themselves Romaioi, or Romans long after they had forgotten the Latin language.

The dawn of European civilization. The Dark Ages ( Book )
1 edition published in 1965 in English and held by 1,342 libraries worldwide

Byzantine architecture by Cyril A Mango ( Book )
33 editions published between 1974 and 2000 in 6 languages and held by 1,300 libraries worldwide
Byzantine architecture has its roots in the evolving Christian traditions of the late 3rd and 4th centuries, and the early churches were modelled on the secular basilica. Constantine's renaming of Byzantium as Constantinople and inauguration of the city as capital of the eastern Roman empire in 330 is generally taken as the starting point of the Byzantine era. Cyril Mango's highly original study shows us how the thread of development in style and form was maintained over a thousand years, and how Byzantine - style buildings spread into eastern Europe and parts of western Europe, from Italy to Russia, as well as dominating the Near East for centuries - above all in Constantinople. The role of the architect, the.

The art of the Byzantine Empire, 312-1453; sources and documents by Cyril A Mango ( Book )
16 editions published between 1972 and 2009 in English and held by 905 libraries worldwide

Treasures of Turkey by Ekrem Akurgal ( Book )
9 editions published between 1966 and 1979 in 3 languages and held by 602 libraries worldwide
Includes sculptures, mosaics, objects in gold and silver, and buildings. For contents, see Author Catalog.

Materials for the study of the mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul by Cyril A Mango ( Book )
11 editions published between 1960 and 1962 in English and held by 346 libraries worldwide

The Art of the Byzantine Empire 312-1453 : sources and documents ( Book )
7 editions published between 1972 and 1997 in English and held by 318 libraries worldwide

The mosaics and frescoes of St. Mary Pammakaristos (Fethiye Camii) at Istanbul by Hans Belting ( Book )
8 editions published in 1978 in English and held by 314 libraries worldwide

The homilies of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople by Photius ( Book )
4 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 310 libraries worldwide