Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Note to the reader
- Introduction
- Part I Renewal and Utopia: The Terms of the Debate
- Part II Constantinople Desired
- Part III The Renovatio of the West
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Original Latin Quotations
- Appendix 2 References to Constantinople in Other Epics and Romances
- Appendix 3 Outline of Events in the History of East–West Relations from the Second Crusade to the Palaeologan Reconquest
- Bibliography
- Index
- Already Published
Appendix 1 - Original Latin Quotations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Note to the reader
- Introduction
- Part I Renewal and Utopia: The Terms of the Debate
- Part II Constantinople Desired
- Part III The Renovatio of the West
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Original Latin Quotations
- Appendix 2 References to Constantinople in Other Epics and Romances
- Appendix 3 Outline of Events in the History of East–West Relations from the Second Crusade to the Palaeologan Reconquest
- Bibliography
- Index
- Already Published
Summary
Chapter 1
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Aerea, sed deaurata, quaedam arbor ante imperatoris sedile stabat, cuius ramos itidem aereae diversi generis deaurataeque aves replebant, quae secundum speties suas diversarum avium voces emittebant. Imperatoris vero solium huiusmodi erat arte compositum, ut in momento humile, exelsius modo, quam mox videretur sublime; quod inmensae magnitudinis, incertum utrum aerie an lignei, verum auro tecti leones quasi custodiebant, qui cauda terram percutientes aperto ore linguisque mobilibus rugitum emittebant. […] Cumque in adventu meo rugitum leones emitterent, aves secundum speties suas perstreperent, nullo sum terrore, nulla admiratione commotus, quoniam quidem ex his omnibus eos qui bene noverant fueram percontatus. Tercio itaque pronus imperatorem adorans caput sustuli et, quem prius moderata mensura a terra elevatum sedere vidi, mox alius indutum vestibus poenes domus laquear sedere prospexi; quod qualiter fieret cogitare non potui, nisi forte eo sit subvectus argalio, quo torcularium arbores subvehuntur. (Liutprand of Cremona, Antapodosis, vi.5.66–77, p. 147)
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Dicebat Bernardus Carnotensis nos esse quasi nanos gigantum umeris insidentes, ut possimus plura eis et remotiora videre, non utique proprii visus acumine, aut eminentia corporis, sed quia in altum subvehimur et extollimur magnitudine gigantea. (John of salisbury, Metalogicon, III.4.46–50, p. 116)
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- Constantinople and the West in Medieval French LiteratureRenewal and Utopia, pp. 189 - 191Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2012