This book examines the interchange of architecture and ritual in the Middle and Late Byzantine churches of Constantinople (ninth to fifteenth centuries). It employs archaeological and archival data, ...

Introduction -- The position of Imperial Architect and the Balyan family -- Karapet Balyan as an Amira and his role in the mobilization of the Armenian community of Constantinople -- The Balyan family ...

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