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The '''Magnaura''' ([[Medieval Greek|Medieval]] {{lang-el|{{lang|grc|Μαγναύρα}}}}, possibly from [[Latin]] ''Magna Aula'', "Great Hall"<ref>[http://www.apostoliki-diakonia.gr/byzantine_music/ymnografoi/ymnografoi.asp?main=melodoi_sort.asp&page=106] footnote 115 {{in lang|el}}</ref>) was a large building in [[Constantinople]], next to the Great Palace.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Byzantium, Second Edition|last=Rosser|first=John Hutchins|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=|isbn=9780810875678|location=Lanham, MD|pages=303}}</ref> It is equated by scholars with the building that housed the [[Byzantine Senate|Senate]], and which was located east of the [[Augustaion]], close to the [[Hagia Sophia]] and next to the ''[[Chalke]]'' gate. A large gate, described by [[Procopius]], probably made out of marble led into a [[peristyle]] courtyard which led to the Magnaura. |
The '''Magnaura''' ([[Medieval Greek|Medieval]] {{lang-el|{{lang|grc|Μαγναύρα}}}}, possibly from [[Latin]] ''Magna Aula'', "Great Hall"<ref>[http://www.apostoliki-diakonia.gr/byzantine_music/ymnografoi/ymnografoi.asp?main=melodoi_sort.asp&page=106] footnote 115 {{in lang|el}}</ref>) was a large building in [[Constantinople]], next to the [[Great Palace of Constantinople|Great Palace]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Byzantium, Second Edition|last=Rosser|first=John Hutchins|date=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=|isbn=9780810875678|location=Lanham, MD|pages=303}}</ref> It is equated by scholars with the building that housed the [[Byzantine Senate|Senate]], and which was located east of the [[Augustaion]], close to the [[Hagia Sophia]] and next to the ''[[Chalke]]'' gate. A large gate, described by [[Procopius]], probably made out of marble led into a [[peristyle]] courtyard which led to the Magnaura. |
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The building, a [[basilica]] with three naves, was subsequently used as a throne room and a reception hall for foreign embassies. Emperors held large assemblies in this location, particularly at the atrium area on the western side.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Emperor's House: Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism|last=Featherstone|first=Michael|last2=Spieser|first2=Jean-Michel|last3=Tanman|first3=Gülru|last4=Wulf-Rheidt|first4=Ulrike|date=2015|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|year=|isbn=9783110331639|location=Berlin/Boston|pages=171}}</ref> For instance, the annual ceremony called the ''silention'' or the beginning of [[Lent]], included the entire imperial household and [[bureaucracy]] arrayed along the great staircase of the Magnaura.<ref name=":0" /> Scholars described it as a material projection of Byzantine imperial power over all subjects of the ''[[Ecumene|oikoumene]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire: The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity|last=Dohrmann|first=Natalie B.|last2=Reed|first2=Annette Yoshiko|date=2013|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=|isbn=9780812245332|location=Philadelphia, PA|pages=173}}</ref> |
The building, a [[basilica]] with three naves, was subsequently used as a throne room and a reception hall for foreign embassies. Emperors held large assemblies in this location, particularly at the atrium area on the western side.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Emperor's House: Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism|last=Featherstone|first=Michael|last2=Spieser|first2=Jean-Michel|last3=Tanman|first3=Gülru|last4=Wulf-Rheidt|first4=Ulrike|date=2015|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|year=|isbn=9783110331639|location=Berlin/Boston|pages=171}}</ref> For instance, the annual ceremony called the ''silention'' or the beginning of [[Lent]], included the entire imperial household and [[bureaucracy]] arrayed along the great staircase of the Magnaura.<ref name=":0" /> Scholars described it as a material projection of Byzantine imperial power over all subjects of the ''[[Ecumene|oikoumene]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire: The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity|last=Dohrmann|first=Natalie B.|last2=Reed|first2=Annette Yoshiko|date=2013|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=|isbn=9780812245332|location=Philadelphia, PA|pages=173}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:02, 12 July 2020
The Magnaura (Medieval Greek: Μαγναύρα, possibly from Latin Magna Aula, "Great Hall"[1]) was a large building in Constantinople, next to the Great Palace.[2] It is equated by scholars with the building that housed the Senate, and which was located east of the Augustaion, close to the Hagia Sophia and next to the Chalke gate. A large gate, described by Procopius, probably made out of marble led into a peristyle courtyard which led to the Magnaura.
The building, a basilica with three naves, was subsequently used as a throne room and a reception hall for foreign embassies. Emperors held large assemblies in this location, particularly at the atrium area on the western side.[3] For instance, the annual ceremony called the silention or the beginning of Lent, included the entire imperial household and bureaucracy arrayed along the great staircase of the Magnaura.[3] Scholars described it as a material projection of Byzantine imperial power over all subjects of the oikoumene.[4]
In ca. 855, the Caesar Bardas established in the palace a school (ekpaideutērion). However, this was not the University of Constantinople, but rather a Philosophical school, because the University of Constantinople was created during the time of Theodosius II in 425 AD.
References
- ^ [1] footnote 115 (in Greek)
- ^ Rosser, John Hutchins (2012). Historical Dictionary of Byzantium, Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780810875678.
- ^ a b Featherstone, Michael; Spieser, Jean-Michel; Tanman, Gülru; Wulf-Rheidt, Ulrike (2015). The Emperor's House: Palaces from Augustus to the Age of Absolutism. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 171. ISBN 9783110331639.
- ^ Dohrmann, Natalie B.; Reed, Annette Yoshiko (2013). Jews, Christians, and the Roman Empire: The Poetics of Power in Late Antiquity. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 173. ISBN 9780812245332.
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