Academy of Mangana
The Academy of Mangana was a University of philosophy and law in Constantinople Opel in Mangana section.
history
The Academy of Mangana was founded in 1045 as a college for philosophy and law in the monastery of St. George of Mangana, almost next to the Imperial Palace. The academy had an extensive library. A hospital was attached to the academy. The academy served as a model for Western European as well as Oriental and Caucasian academies. With the academy, the Byzantine Empire underscored its claim to intellectual leadership in the region.
After Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453, St. George's monastery and the academy were destroyed.
The scriptorium of the monastery produced well-known codices.
- Codex 509 of the National Library of Athens
- Codex 12 of the Stavroniketa monastery on Mount Athos, 14th century.
- Codex 121 of the Esphigmenou monastery on Mount Athos
- Codex 111.8 of the Eskorial Library, end of the 12th century.
- Codices Vat. Gr. 568, 676 from the 11th-12th centuries Century
- Codex Oxford Clark 37, 1270
Academies founded on the model of the Academy of Mangana
- University of Bologna , Italy
- Gelati Academy , Georgia
- Academy of Ikalto , Georgia
Well-known professors
- Joasaph (1347–1354), monk, theologian and historian (previously Emperor John VI. )