| Title: | Istituto ellenico di studi bizantini e postbizantini di Venezia |
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| Description: | The website of the Venice Hellenic Institute makes available online valuable resources relating to the history of the Orthodox community resident in the lagoon city. From the Byzantine era onward, Greek merchants were active in Venice. In 1498 a Greek Orthodox Confraternity was founded with the approval of the Venetian authorities. The site offers information on the Hellenic Institute, established in 1953, its library, archive and museum of icons. A selection of devotional images can be viewed online. A description is given of the premises in which the Institute is housed, the "Collegio Flanghinis", and the Church of Saint George of the Greeks. The multimedia section "Scrittura e miniatura" ("Script and miniature in the manuscripts of the Hellenic Institute in Venice 12th-14th cent.") enables users to access facsimile electronic reproductions of manuscripts from the Institute collection. Three thematic sections are presented: the Byzantine book (dedicated to illuminated manuscripts, religious and secular, and to scribes and illuminators); types of script in the manuscripts (dedicated to Byzantine script and writing); examples taken from Codex no. 5, a codex preserved at the Hellenic Institute. Images can be enlarged and are accompanied by explanatory texts. Additionally, users can listen to an audio version of the text. In the case of the Codex no. 5 the entire manuscript has been reproduced and users can turn through the 193 leaves. A magnifier option enables closer inspection of sections of the leaves. The "Script and miniature in the manuscripts of the Hellenic Institute in Venice 12th-14th cent." is available in Greek, English and Italian, and provides additionally a relevant bibliography. The main pages of the website - in Italian only - also contain information on events and publications organised or produced by the Institute. |
| Keywords - controlled: | Hellenikon Institouton Vyzantinon kai Metavyzantinon Spoudon; Venice; Byzantine; Orthodox Eastern; icons (devotional images) |
| Keywords - uncontrolled: | Istituto ellenico di studi bizantini e postbizantini; Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Buzantine studies; Venice Hellenic Institute |
| Type: | Images; Papers/reports/articles/texts; Primary source; Research centres and projects |
| URL: | http://www.istitutoellenico.org/ [Italian] |
| Classification: |
Humanities > History > Byzantine studies Humanities > History > Local / regional history Modern languages and area studies > Europe > Europe by region / Country > Western Europe > Italy > History Modern languages and area studies > Europe > Europe by region / Country > Western Europe > Italy > Area / diaspora studies |
| Resource creator: | Maltezou, Chryssa (Project Director), Instituto di studi bizantini e postbizantini |
| Resource creator: | Istituto ellenico di studi bizantini e postbizantini (Copyright Holder) |
| Country of origin: | Italy |
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