By Alice Isabella Sullivan | Tufts University
Further Reading
Ciobanu, Constantin Ion. Stihia Profeticului: Sursele literare ale imaginii “Asediului Constantinopolului” și ale “Profețiilor” înțelepților antichității din pictura murală medievală Moldavă. Chișinău: Institutul Patrimoniului Cultural, Academia de Științe a Moldovei, 2007.
This study details the textual and visual sources that may have informed the conception of the murals of the Siege of Constantinople in the Moldavian cultural sphere.
Sullivan, Alice Isabella. “Visions of Byzantium: The Siege of Constantinople in Sixteenth-Century Moldavia.” The Art Bulletin 99, no. 4 (December 2017): 31–68.
This article examines the murals of the Siege of Constantinople in the Moldavian monastic sphere of the early sixteenth century, which conflated key historical narratives about Constantinople’s miraculous deliverances during the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries. Painted on the exteriors of several churches from the region, this mural type articulated a view of history as a series of interventions, and presented a visual commentary to Moldavia’s contemporary military and spiritual struggles.
Sullivan, Alice Isabella. “Divine Assistance in Byzantium and Beyond – Defending Constantinople.” Medieval Warfare Magazine 10, no. 5 (2020): 46–49.
This brief article details the various sieges of Constantinople during the long history of the Byzantine Empire, and their reimagining in the Moldavian cultural context.
Sullivan, Alice Isabella. “Memoria e rituale nella Moldavia del XVI secolo: l’affresco de L’Assedio di Costantinopoli del monastero di Moldovița,” translated into Italian by Carolina Paolicchi, forthcoming.
This article offers an overview of the multitude of meanings and functions of the mural of the Siege of Constantinople at Moldovița Monastery.
This contribution was sponsored by the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross.
