Literary record of statue of Pulcheria, empress (sister of Theodosius II). Constantinople, colonnades (emboloi) of Theodosianus. 450-453
PROVENANCE AND LOCATION
City:
Constantinople
Province:
Constantinople
Region:
Constantinople
Details:
Recorded in the colonnade (emboloi) of Theodosianus in Constantinople (possibly transferred there from unknown location)
Current Location:
Lost
OBJECT
Object:
Statue
Material:
Unknown
Re-Use?
Unknown
Clothing:
Hairstyle:
Height(cm):
Attributes:
Beard:
SUBJECT
Honorand:
Aelia Pulcheria
Position:
Imperial Family
Gender:
Female
Awarder:
Leo
Position:
Emperors
DATE
Earliest:
450
Latest:
453
MAIN REFERENCE
Cameron, A. & J. Herrin, Constantinople in the early eighth century. The "Parastaseis syntomoi chronikai". Introduction, translation and commentary, Leiden 1984, ยง 45
Stichel, R. H. W., Die römische Kaiserstatue am Ende der Antike, Roma 1982, 101 no. 111
Preger, Th. , Scriptores Originum Constantinopolitanarum Vol. I: Hesychii illustrii origines Constantinopolitanae. Anonymi enarrationes breves chronographicae. Anonymi narratio de aedificatione templi S. Sophiae (= Hesychius; Parastaseis; Diegesis; Patria Constantinupoleos) (1901), 1901, Parastaseis 45
