Justinian's triumphal column was the tallest free-standing column
of the pre-modern world and was crowned with arguably the largest
metal equestrian sculpture created anywhere in the world before
1699. The Byzantine empire's bronze horseman towered over the heart
of Constantinople, assumed new identities, spawned conflicting
narratives, and acquired widespread international acclaim. Because
all traces of Justinian's column were erased from the urban fabric
of Istanbul in the sixteenth century, scholars have undervalued its
astonishing agency and remarkable longevity. Its impact in visual
and verbal culture was arguably among the most extensive of any
Mediterranean monument. This book analyzes Byzantine, Islamic,
Slavic, Crusader, and Renaissance historical accounts, medieval
pilgrimages, geographic, apocalyptic and apocryphal narratives,
vernacular poetry, Byzantine, Bulgarian, Italian, French, Latin,
and Ottoman illustrated manuscripts, Florentine wedding chests,
Venetian paintings, and Russian icons to provide an engrossing and
pioneering biography of a contested medieval monument during the
millennium of its life.
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