Early Byzantine churches in Macedonia and southern Serbia
A Study of the Origins and the Initial Development of East Christian Art
by R. F. Hoddinott
Palgrave Macmillan
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Copyright © R. F. Hoddinott 1963
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Contents
Preface vii
List of Colour Plates xiii
List of Monochrome Plates xv
List of Figures in Text xxiii
List of Maps xxvii
Acknowledgements xxvii
PART I. MEDITERRANEAN AND ORIENT
CHAP.
I. The Legacy of Alexander 3
II. The Liturgical Background of the Early Byzantine Church 23
III. Sanctuary and Nave in the Early Byzantine Church 33
PART II. MACEDONIA BETWEEN ROME AND CONSTANTINOPLE
IV. Roman Macedonia and the Mission of St Paul 49
V. The Centuries of Persecution and the First Gothic Invasions 66
VI. Political and Ecclesiastical Rivalries 73
VII. Renewed Gothic Invasions and the Appearance of the Slavs 77
VIII. The Slav Settlement in the Balkans 89
PART III. THE MONUMENTS
IX. The Monuments — I : Constantine to Justin I (Early Fourth to Early Sixth Century) 99
SECTION
1. The ‘Extra Muros’ Basilica, Philippi 99
2. The ‘Agora’ Basilica, Thasos 106
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SECTION
3. The Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica 108
4. The Palace Octagon, Thessalonica 123
5. The Two Basilicas at Dion 124
6. The Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica 125
7. The Basilica of the Holy Virgin ‘ Acheiropoietos’, Thessalonica 155
8. The Basilica at Tumba, Thessalonica 158
9. The Two Basilicas at Heraclea Lyncestis 159
10. The Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi 161
11. The Cemetery Basilica, Stobi 167
12. The Quatrefoil Baptistery Basilica, Stobi 168
13. The Basilica A, Philippi 169
14. The Chapel of Hosios David, Thessalonica 173
15. The ‘Synagogue’ Basilica, Stobi 179
16. The Cruciform Basilica, Thasos 181
17. The Basilica at Voskohoria 183
18. The Basilica at Palikura, near Stobi 185
CHAP.
X. The Monuments — II : Justinian to the Slav Settlement (527 to Seventh Century) 187
SECTION
19. The Basilica B, Philippi 188
20. Country Churches in the Neighbourhood of Caričin Grad 193
(Svinjarica, Kalaja near Radinovac, Ćurline, Prokuplje, Sjarina, Kuršumlija, the Trefoil Chapel outside the southern suburbs of Caričin Grad, Klisura, Sveti Ilija, Sakicol, Trnova Petka, Zlata, Rujkovac.)
21. The Basilicas at Lipljan 200
22. The Sixth-Century Foundations of the Holy Virgin of Ljeviša, Prizren 202
23. The Basilica at Suvodol 202
24. The Sixth-Century City of Caričin Grad 204
25. The Episcopal Basilica, Caričin Grad 206
26. The Crypt Basilica, Caričin Grad 209
27. The Cruciform Church, Caričin Grad 211
28. The South-West Basilica, Caričin Grad 213
29. The South Church, Caričin Grad 214
30. The Domed Church at Konjuh 220
Addendum to Chapter X
SECTION
31. The Acropolis Basilica at Bregovina 227
32. Two Basilicas at Ohrid 228
33. The Basilicas at Studenčišta and Radolišta 229
34. The Basilica at Oktisi 233
XI. The End of an Era 235
Select Bibliography of the Monuments 237
Index 243