Studies on the Cult of Relics in Byzantium up to 1204

Abstract

Contents: Preface, Cyril Mango Introduction Part 1General: The origins of Christian veneration of body parts. Part 2 Building the Byzantine Hoard: The Byzantine component of the relic-hoard of Constantinople The legend of Constantine the relic-provider The earliest relic-importations to Constantinople The 'sacred remains' of Constantine and Helena The wood of the True Cross. Icons and Relics: Iconoclasm and Leipsanoclasm: Leo III, Constantine V and the relics Icons and relics: a comparison. Part 3 How the Relics Worked: Three not-so-miraculous miracles De latrone converso: the tale of the converted robber. Part 4 Some Relics in Particular: The Marian relics at Constantinople Hagia SkepA* and Pokrov Bogoroditsi: a curious coincidence The oration of Theodore Syncellus (BHG 1058) and the siege of 860 Relics of 'the friends of Jesus' at Constantinople The relics of Our Lord's Passion in The Russian Primary Chronicle. Part 5 A Curious Omission: Relics and the Great Church Index.

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