The outside image : a comparative study of external architectural display on Middle Byzantine structures on the Black Sea littoral
Journal: UPT. Syiah Kuala University Library (Syiah Kuala University)
Year: 2011

This study is concerned with the manner in which Byzantium manifested itself through the exterior of its buildings. The focus is the Black Sea from the ninth century to the eleventh.&#13;\n&#13;\nThree cities are examined. Each had imperial attention: Amastris for imperial defences; Mesembria, a border city and the meeting place for diplomats: Cherson, a strategic outpost and focal point of Byzantine proselytising. &#13;\n&#13;\nThere were two forms of external display; one, surface ornament and