Of holes and a holy man  : new discoveries in the Silivri-Kapi mausoleum in Istanbul

Warning

This publication doesn't include Institute of Computer Science. It includes Faculty of Arts. Official publication website can be found on muni.cz.

Authors	FOLETTI Ivan MONNEY Gilles
Year of publication	2013
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Kunstchronik
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Arts
Citation
Field	Art, architecture, cultural heritage
Keywords	Holy dead; Silivri Kapi; Istanbul
Description	This article describe, in Constantinople, a new development in the cult of holy bodies. The situation of the Silivri-Kapi mausoleum - arranged with a raised sarcophagus, with a fenestella confessionis and a opening for flowing oils - points towards a funeral cult which would have been more intimate and local than that of the big martyria. What appeared at first to be a family tomb thus finally turns out to have had a public function.
Related projects:	Kontinuity a diskontinuity: Umělecká tvorba mezi raně středověkým kultem a obrazovou kulturou moderní doby