Imperial Library of Constantinople

The Imperial Library of Constantinople Opel was by cesarean . Constantius II (r. 337-361) commissioned library in the capital of the Byzantine Empire . It was considered the last ancient library and burned down around 475. The largely destroyed inventory amounted to 120,000 writings. At the latest with the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204), the building structure was severely damaged. The conquest of Constantinople (1453) contributed the rest to the destruction. Large parts of our current knowledge of classical philosophy are owed to Byzantine library copies by Greek and Latin calligraphers and librarians .

literature

Viola Heutger: Did the library in Constantinople make a contribution to the Codex Theodosianus? In: Harry Dondorp, Martin Schermaier , Boudewijn Sirks (eds.): De rebus divinis et humanis: Essays in honor of Jan Hallebeek. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress, Göttingen 2019, pp. 179–192.

Web links

Preserving The Intellectual Heritage: Preface , Commission on Preservation and Access

40.996111 28.928611Coordinates: 40 ° 59 ′ 46 " N , 28 ° 55 ′ 43" E

Remarks

↑ Codex Theodosianus 14,9,2; John Zonaras 14.2; for dating, see for example Viola Heutger: Did the library in Constantinople make a contribution to the Codex Theodosianus? In: Harry Dondorp, Martin Schermaier , Boudewijn Sirks (eds.): De rebus divinis et humanis: Essays in honor of Jan Hallebeek. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress, Göttingen 2019, pp. 179–192, on dating (around the year 475) p. 185 with note 34; Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen : Empire and education in late antique Constantinople (= Historia individual writings. Issue 94). Steiner, Stuttgart 1995, p. 106: in the year 475; Alexander Demandt : The late antiquity. Roman history from Diocletian to Justinian. 284–565 AD (= Handbook of Classical Studies. Section 3: Ancient Orient, Greek History, Roman History. Part 6). 2nd completely revised and expanded edition. Beck, Munich 2007, p. 445: in the year 476; Horst Blanck : The book in antiquity. Beck, Munich 1992, p. 177, names the year 473 without any further explanation.

[1] Codex Theodosianus 14,9,2; John Zonaras 14.2; for dating, see for example Viola Heutger: Did the library in Constantinople make a contribution to the Codex Theodosianus? In: Harry Dondorp, Martin Schermaier , Boudewijn Sirks (eds.): De rebus divinis et humanis: Essays in honor of Jan Hallebeek. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress, Göttingen 2019, pp. 179–192, on dating (around the year 475) p. 185 with note 34; Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen : Empire and education in late antique Constantinople (= Historia individual writings. Issue 94). Steiner, Stuttgart 1995, p. 106: in the year 475; Alexander Demandt : The late antiquity. Roman history from Diocletian to Justinian. 284–565 AD (= Handbook of Classical Studies. Section 3: Ancient Orient, Greek History, Roman History. Part 6). 2nd completely revised and expanded edition. Beck, Munich 2007, p. 445: in the year 476; Horst Blanck : The book in antiquity. Beck, Munich 1992, p. 177, names the year 473 without any further explanation.