Two Bodies of an Emperor: The Double Portrait of John VI Kantakouzenos in Paris. gr. 1242
Два тела императора: двойной портрет Иоанна VI Кантакузина в рукописи Paris, gr. 1242
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ne manuscript treasured today in Bibliothèque nationale de France (MS gr. 1242)
contains four theological treatises written by Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos
in the years after he had been forced to abandon the throne and exchange royal
garb for the monastic habit. Being copied and illuminated under the close supervision of
John VI himself at the monastery ton Hodegon in Constantinople, it can be rightly said
that this luxurious book cherishes the personal desires of its author, cunningly expressed
by carefully placing miniatures in order to preface specifically selected texts. Thus,
interestingly enough, the double portrait of Kantakouzenos was chosen to precede his
Apology against Islam, representing him both as Emperor John VI and as monk Joasaph.
This illumination attracted many generations of historians and several interpretations
have been given. The most widely accepted position is that the miniature was designed to indicate the authorship of the text while simultaneous...ly recalling the course of the
author’s life and visualizing his divine protection, for the double portrayal is situated
under an image of the Holy Trinity. Indeed, it was also correctly pointed out that the
depiction of the Trinity, with its special emphasis on the Holy Son by rendering him
a cruciform nimbus, is connected with the content of the following treatise, in which
emperor-monk defends Christ’s divine nature. However, can it be supposed that the
“dual identity” of John VI was also meant to be associated with the theological text? The
aim of the paper is to raise this question by analyzing ideological premises accomplished
through the imagination of a single identity realized in two distinct bodies. Ultimately,
it will be argued that the main purpose of Kantakouzenos’ double portrait was to direct
and affect the reading of the treatise from which would have benefited the reader as
well as the text’s author — the author who never fully abandoned his royal dignity and
who was determined to preserve his imperial memory at one of the most important
monasteries of the Byzantine capital.
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emperor’s body / monk’s body / double portrait / John VI Kantakouzenos / фигура императора / фигура монаха / двойной портрет / Иоанн VI КантакузинИзвор:
Art and Culture of the Middle Ages. Heritage and Perspectives for Comprehension: Abstracts of communications of the International conference, 2020, 53-54Издавач:
- Saint Petersburg State University
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Istorija umetnosti / History of ArtTY - CONF AU - Đorđević, Jakov PY - 2020 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6001 AB - ne manuscript treasured today in Bibliothèque nationale de France (MS gr. 1242) contains four theological treatises written by Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos in the years after he had been forced to abandon the throne and exchange royal garb for the monastic habit. Being copied and illuminated under the close supervision of John VI himself at the monastery ton Hodegon in Constantinople, it can be rightly said that this luxurious book cherishes the personal desires of its author, cunningly expressed by carefully placing miniatures in order to preface specifically selected texts. Thus, interestingly enough, the double portrait of Kantakouzenos was chosen to precede his Apology against Islam, representing him both as Emperor John VI and as monk Joasaph. This illumination attracted many generations of historians and several interpretations have been given. The most widely accepted position is that the miniature was designed to indicate the authorship of the text while simultaneously recalling the course of the author’s life and visualizing his divine protection, for the double portrayal is situated under an image of the Holy Trinity. Indeed, it was also correctly pointed out that the depiction of the Trinity, with its special emphasis on the Holy Son by rendering him a cruciform nimbus, is connected with the content of the following treatise, in which emperor-monk defends Christ’s divine nature. However, can it be supposed that the “dual identity” of John VI was also meant to be associated with the theological text? The aim of the paper is to raise this question by analyzing ideological premises accomplished through the imagination of a single identity realized in two distinct bodies. Ultimately, it will be argued that the main purpose of Kantakouzenos’ double portrait was to direct and affect the reading of the treatise from which would have benefited the reader as well as the text’s author — the author who never fully abandoned his royal dignity and who was determined to preserve his imperial memory at one of the most important monasteries of the Byzantine capital. PB - Saint Petersburg State University C3 - Art and Culture of the Middle Ages. Heritage and Perspectives for Comprehension: Abstracts of communications of the International conference T1 - Two Bodies of an Emperor: The Double Portrait of John VI Kantakouzenos in Paris. gr. 1242 T1 - Два тела императора: двойной портрет Иоанна VI Кантакузина в рукописи Paris, gr. 1242 EP - 54 SP - 53 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6001 ER -
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Đorđević, J.. (2020). Two Bodies of an Emperor: The Double Portrait of John VI Kantakouzenos in Paris. gr. 1242. in Art and Culture of the Middle Ages. Heritage and Perspectives for Comprehension: Abstracts of communications of the International conference Saint Petersburg State University., 53-54. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6001
Đorđević J. Two Bodies of an Emperor: The Double Portrait of John VI Kantakouzenos in Paris. gr. 1242. in Art and Culture of the Middle Ages. Heritage and Perspectives for Comprehension: Abstracts of communications of the International conference. 2020;:53-54. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6001 .
Đorđević, Jakov, "Two Bodies of an Emperor: The Double Portrait of John VI Kantakouzenos in Paris. gr. 1242" in Art and Culture of the Middle Ages. Heritage and Perspectives for Comprehension: Abstracts of communications of the International conference (2020):53-54, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_6001 .