BYZANTINE WEB SITES


TRAGIC NEWS!!
14th Century Church of Bogorodica Ljeviska in Prizren
reportedly burned by Albanian mobs.

Web site documenting the church from the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren
The Byzantine Studies Page
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/byzantium/
This web site, maintained by Paul Halsall is extraordinary.  It contains links to hundreds of sites on Byzantine history, archaeology, religion. 

Byzantium: Faith and Power

A web site designed to accompany the exhibition, Byzantium: Faith and Power opening on March 23, 2004.
 The Glory of Byzantium, Metropolitan Museum of Art
 http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/byzantium/byzhome.html
A web site designed to accompany the exhibition, The Glory of Byzantium, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the spring and summer of 1997.  Contains images of artworks in the Met, historical summaries, and more. 
Dumbarton Oaks Collection
http://www.doaks.org/byzcollimages.html
Dumbarton Oaks in Washington D.C. has an extraordinary collection of Byzantine art.  This site contains images of quite a few of them. 
Constantinople Home Page http://www.arch.uiuc.edu/research/rgouster/ An extensive site on the monuments as well as recent archaeological work maintained by Professor Robert Ousterhout of the University of Illinois
The Byzantine Architecture Project
http://www.princeton.edu/~asce/const_95/const.html
Projects in mapping and reconstruction of the monuments of  Istanbul, including the Hagia Sophia and city walls using digital technology. 
Churches and Monasteries Text and pictures about major orthodox churches and monasteries from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Grove Dictionary of Art Search page for the Grove Dictionary of Art, which contains many articles of interest.  Search under Early Christian and Byzantine art.

De imperatoribus Romanis
http://www.roman-emperors.org/

Online encyclopedia of Roman emperors from Augustus to Constantine XI, last emperor of Byzantium.  There are extensive biographies for most early emperors, maps of famous battles and more. 
Ancient Faces:  Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt Current exhibition of late Roman mummy portraits from Egypt. 

 
 

MONUMENTS

http://interoz.com/egypt/Catherines.htm Monastery of St. Catherines, Sinai Desert, Egypt
Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska and Prizren Byzantine monuments located in Kosovo, many of which are threatened.
http://uranus.eng.auth.gr/new/eng/thessaloniki.html The City of Thessaloniki, includes some Byzantine monuments

 SOURCES


Eusebius: The Conversion of Constantine The text of Eusebius' account of Constantine's conversion from The Medieval Sourcebook
The Edict of Milan Text of the edict issued by Constantine and Licinius that recognized Christianity as a legal religion.
The Secret History of Procopius  The entire text of Procopius' account of the scandals of Justinian and Theodora's court.  From The Medieval Sourcebook

 
 
 

 THE ORTHODOX CHURCH


Liturgy of St.  John Chrysostom
http://www.ocf.org:80/OrthodoxPage/liturgy/liturgy.html
The text of the liturgy of the orthodox church
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
http://www.patriarchate.org/
Byzantine Music Site
http://www.goarch.org/access/byzantinemusic/
Listen to the singing of the liturgy and other Byzantine music.  You can listen while you look at the text or other sites.
Saint of the Day Calendar
http://www.goarch.org/access/calendar/
Maintained by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Assumption, Denver
http://www.assumptioncathedral.org/
Information and calendar of events in Denver

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