‎Ivana Jevtic, Ingela Nilsson (eds)‎
‎Spoliation as Translation. Medieval Worlds of the Eastern Mediterranean‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Paperback, 201 pages, Size:210 x 270 mm, Illustrations:79 col., Language: English. ISBN 9788021099234.‎

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‎Summary The articles gathered in this special issue of Convivium offer a variety of perspectives - history of medieval art, architecture, literary studies - that explore the relations between spoliation and translation, with a particular focus on the interconnections and similarities between material/artistic and textual/literary cultures. Building on current research in spolia and translation studies, these contributions respond to the increasing interest in and popularity of these two topics in recent scholarship. A conceptual point of departure is that reuse and translation represent two crucial processes facilitating cultural dialogues and exchanges across time and space. Material and textual spolia fascinate us, because they provide various means and levels of engagement with the past with a tangible form, sometimes of an ambivalent nature. Objects, artefacts, buildings, and texts have been subject to constant reworkings, through which they have been interpreted and translated: old stories gain new significance in new contexts, just as old objects gain new meanings in new settings. The aim of this collection is to foster a better understanding of such processes and, at the same time, of the history of the medieval worlds of the Eastern Mediterranean, which is marked by constant cross-cultural encounters and interactions. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Ivana Jevtic & Ingela Nilsson - Towards an Empathetic Approach to Material and Literary Spolia Articles Ingela Nilsson - Imitation as Spoliation, Reception as Translation. The Art of Transforming Things in Byzantium Karen Rose Mathews - Speaking Antiquity. Ancient Spolia as a Visual Koine in the Medieval Mediterranean (12th to 15th Century) C. Ceyhun Arslan - Spolia and Textual Reincarnations. A Reassessment of the Hagia Sophia's History Armin F. Bergmeier - Antiquarian Displays of Spolia and Roman Identity. San Marco, Merbaka, and the Seljuk Caravanserais Margaret Mullett - Spoiling the Hellenes: Intertextuality, Appropriation, and Embedment. The Case of the Christos Paschon Baukje van den Berg -Eustathios' Homeric Commentaries. Translating Homer and Spoliating Ancient Traditions Ivana Jevtic - Reuse and Remodeling in the Late Byzantine World. The Church of Bogorodica Ljeviska in Prizren Suzan Yalman - Translating Spolia. A Recent Discover of Fragments from the Walls of Seljuk Konya and Their Afterlives Emelie Hallenberg - Translating and Spoliating the Byzantines. The Receptions and Remodelings of a Komnenian Novel in Early Modern France Afterword Olof Heilo - Postscript: The Meaning of Ruins‎