Early Byzantine churches in Macedonia and southern Serbia

Ralph Hoddinott

 

Select Bibliography of the Monuments

 

The following list of publications relating to the monuments described in Part III does not necessarily include articles concerned with limited aspects which have been fully discussed in later and more comprehensive studies. Works of a general nature in which the monuments do not receive special treatment have also been omitted.

 

 

1. The ‘Extra Muros’ Basilica, Philippi

·       S. Pelekanides, Η ΕΞΩ ΤΩΝ ΤΕΙΧΩΝ ΠΑΛΑΙΟΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝ (Supplement to ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ, 1955), (Athens, 1960).

 

2. The Agora Basilica, Thasos

·       Bulletin de Correspondence Hellénique, lxxv, pp. 154-64 (Paris, 1951).

·       X. I. Macaronas,‘Archaeological Reports', ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΑ, 1941-52, vol. 2, pp. 667-8 (Thessalonica, 1953) (Greek).

 

3. The Rotunda of St George, Thessalonica

·       C. Texier and R. P. Pullan, Byzantine Architecture (London, 1864).

·       C. Bayet, ‘Mémoire sur un ambon conservé à Salonique’, in L. Duchesne and C. Bayet, Mémoire sur une mission à Mont Athos (Paris, 1876).

·       Mendel, Catalogue des sculptures grecques, romaines et byzantines du musée impérial ottoman, vol. 2 (Paris, 1912-14).

·       O. Tafrali, Topographie de Thessalonique (Paris, 1913).

·       M. van Berchem and E. Clouzot, Mosaïques chrétiennes (Geneva, 1924).

·       G. Sotiriou, ‘The Ambo of Thessalonica’, ΕΠΕΤΗΡΙΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑΣ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ, 1933, vol. I, p. 418 et seq. (Athens) (Greek).

·       K. Orlandos, H ΞΥΛΟΣΤΕΓΟΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΟΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ (Athens, 1952-54).

·       H. Torp, ‘Quelques Remarques sur les mosaïques de l'église Saint-Georges à Thessalonique’, Acts of the IXth International Byzantine Congress, Thessalonica, 1953, vol. 1, pp. 489-98 (Athens, 1955).

·       M. Amman, ‘Le Titre primitif de l'église de Saint-Georges à Thessalonique’, Acts of the Xth International Byzantine Congress, Istanbul, 1933 (Istanbul, 1957).

 

4. The Palace Octagon, Thessalonica

·       X. I. Macaronas, ‘Archaeological Reports’, ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΑ, vol. 2, 1941-52, pp. 594-7 (Thessalonica, 1953) (Greek).

 

5. The Two Basilicas at Dion

·       G. Sotiriades, ‘Excavating Dion in Macedonia', ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΝ ΑΘΗΝΑΙΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑΣ, 1928, ρρ. 59-95 (Athens).

·       G. A. Sotiriou, ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ, 1929, ρ. ι8ο (Athens).

 

6. The Basilica of St Demetrius, Thessalonica

·       C. Texier and R. P. Pullan, Byzantine Architecture (London, 1864).

·       O. Tafrali, ‘ Sur la date de l’église et des mosaïques de SaintDémétrius’, Revue Archéologique, 1909, pp. 98-9 (Paris).

·       T. Uspensky, ‘Some Mosaics of St Demetrius of Salonica’, Izvestija Russkogo Archeologicheskogo Instituta v Konstantinopolje, vol. xiv (Leipzig, 1909) (Russian).

·       C. Diehl and M. le Tourneau, ‘Les Mosaïques de SaintDémétrius de Salonique', Monuments et Mémoires (Fondation Piot), vol. xviii, pp. 225-47 (Paris, 1910).

·       O. Tafrali, Topographie de Thessalonique (Paris, 1913).

·       C. Diehl, M. le Tourneau and H. Saladin, Les Monuments chrétiens de Salonique (Paris, 1918).

·       M. van Berchem and E. Clouzot, Mosaïques chrétiennes (Geneva, 1924).

·       R. Kautsch, Kapitellstudien (Berlin-Leipzig, 1936).

·       Xyngopoulos, H ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Thessalonica, 1946).

·       A. Grabar, Martyrium (Paris, 1946).

·       A. Grabar, ‘Quelques Reliquaires de Saint-Démétrios et le martyrium du saint à Salonique’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers 5 (Harvard, 1950).

 

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·       G. and M. Sotiriou, Η ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ TOT ΑΓΙΟΤ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Athens, 1952).

·       E. Kitzinger, ‘Byzantine Art in the Period between Justinian and Iconoclasm’, Berichte zum XL Internationalen Byzantinisten-Kongress, München 1958 (Munich, 1958).

 

7. The Basilica of the Holy Virgin ‘Acheiropoietos’, Thessalonica

·       C. Texier and R. P. Pullan, Byzantine Architecture (London, 1864).

·       O. Tafrali, Topographie de Thessalonique (Paris, 1913).

·       C. Diehl, M. le Tourneau and H. Saladin, Les Monuments chrétiens de Salonique (Paris, 1918).

·       S. Pelekanides, ΠΑΛΑΙΟΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΑ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΑ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Thessalonica, 1949).

·       A. Xyngopoulos, ‘Concerning Acheiropoietos, Thessalonica’, ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΑ, vol. ii, 1941-52, ρ. 472 et seq. (Thessalonica, 1953).

 

8. The Basilica at Tumba, Thessalonica

·       G. A. Sotiriou, ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΕΦΗΜΕΡΙΣ, 1929, pp. 177-8 (Athens).

 

9. The Two Basilicas at Heraclea Lyncestis

·       M. Grbić, ‘Excavations at Heraclea’, Umetnički Pregled, 11, 1938, p. 351 (Serbian).

·       M. Grbić, ‘Excavations at Heraclea Lyncestis near Bitola’, Umetnički Pregled, 8, 1939, pp. 231-5 (Serbian).

·       M. Grbić, ‘ Ausgrabungen in Heraclea Lyncestis bei Bitolj in Südserbien’, Bericht über den VI. Int. Kongress für Archäologie, pp. 180-1 (Berlin, 1940).

·       I. Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957) (Serbian with French summary).

·       G. Stričević, ‘Les Fouilles archéologiques d’Héraclée Lyncestis (1936-1938)’, Héraclée, 1, 1961, National Museum of Bitola, pp. 35-42.

 

10. The Basilica of Bishop Philip, Stobi

·       R. Egger, ‘Die städtische Kirche von Stobi’, Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts, 1929, pp. 42-87.

·       B. Saria, ‘New Discoveries in the Episcopal Basilica of Stobi’, Glasnik Skopskog Naučnog Društva, 12, pp. 11-32, 1933 (Skopje) (Serbian with French summary).

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘Wall paintings in Stobi’, Starinar, 1933-34, pp. 244-8 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘Excavations in Stobi 1933 and 1934’, Starinar, 1935-36, pp. 145-70 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘Mosaiken in Stobi’, Bulletin de ΓInstitut Archéologique Bulgare, 10, 1936, pp. 277-97.

·       J. Petrović, ‘The Baptisteries of Stobi’, Umetnički Pregled, 9, Nov. 1940, pp. 263-7 (Serbian).

·       J. Petrović, ‘Stobi Today’, Glasnik Hrvatskih Zemaljskih Muzeja u Sarajevu (Sarajevo, 1942) (Croatian).

·       E. Kitzinger, ‘A Survey of the Early Christian Town of Stobi’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 3 (Harvard 1946). This includes a full bibliography on the monument to the year 1940.

·       A. Grabar, Martyrium (Paris, 1946).

·       K. Orlandos, Η ΞΥΛΟΣΤΕΓΟΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΟΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ (Athens, 1952-54).

·       I. Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957) (Serbian with French summary).

·       J. Maximović, ‘Contribution à l’étude des fresques de Stobi’, Cahiers Archéologiques, x, 1959, pp. 207-16 (Paris).

 

11. The Cemetery Basilica, Stobi

·       C. Truhelka, Glasnik Skopskog Naučnog Društva, 3 (Skopje).

·       J. Petrović, ‘Stobi Today’, Glasnik Hrvatskih Zemaljskih Muzeja u Sarajevu, 1942 (Croatian).

·       E. Kitzinger, ‘A Survey of the Early Christian Town of Stobi’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 3 (Harvard, 1946). This includes a full bibliography on the monument to the year 1940.

 

12. The Quatrefoil Baptistery Basilica, Stobi

·       J. Petrović, ‘The Baptisteries of Stobi’, Umetnički Pregled, 9, Nov. 1940, pp. 263-7 (Serbian).

·       J. Petrović, ‘Stobi Today’, Glasnik Hrvatskih Zemaljskih Muzeja u Sarajevu, 1942 (Croatian).

 

13. The Basilica A, Philippi

·       P. Lemerle, Philippes et la Macédoine Orientale (Paris, 1945).

 

14. The Chapel of Hosios David, Thessalonica

·       J. Papadopoulos, ‘Une Mosaïque byzantine de Salonique’, Comptes-rendus de l’Académie des Inscriptions et BellesLettres, 1927, pp. 215-18 (Paris).

·       C. Diehl, ‘Une Mosaïque byzantine de Salonique’, Comptes-rendus de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1927, pp. 256-61 (Paris).

 

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·       A. Xyngopoulos, TO ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΟΝΗΣ ΛΑΤΟΜΟΥ ΕΝ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ, ΑΡΧ. ΔΕΛΤ. 12, 1929, ρ. Ι42 et seq. (Athens, 1931)·

·       P. Grumel, ‘La Mosaïque du “Dieu Sauveur” au monastère de Latomou à Salonique’, Échos d’Orient, 33, 1930, pp. 157-75.

·       Diehl, ‘A propos de la mosaïque de Hosios David à Salonique’, Byzantion, 7, 1932, pp. 333-8.

·       R. Morey, ‘A note on the date of the mosaic of Hosios David at Salonica’, Byzantion, 7, 1932, pp. 339-46.

·       Weigand, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 33, 1933, pp. 211-15 (Leipzig-Munich).

·       A. Grabar, Martyrium (Paris, 1946).

·       S. Pelekanides, ΠΑΛΑΙΟΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΑ ΜΝΗΜΕΙΑ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ (Thessalonica, 1949).

·       A. Grabar, ‘A propos d’une icône byzantine du XIVe siècle’, Cahiers Archéologiques x, 1959, pp. 289-304.

·       C. Ihm, Die Programme der christlichen Apsismalerei vom vierten Jahrhundert bis zur Mitte des achten Jahrhunderts (Wiesbaden, 1960).

 

15. The ‘Synagogue’ Basilica, Stobi

·       E. Kitzinger, ‘A Survey of the Early Christian Town of Stobi’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 3, pp. 129-46 (Harvard, 1946). This includes a full bibliography of pre-1940 publications.

 

16. The Cruciform Basilica, Thasos

·       X. I. Macaronas, Archaeological Reports, ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΑ, 1941-52, vol. 2, p. 659 et seq. (Thessalonica, 1953) (Greek).

·       K. Orlandos, H ΞΥΛΟΣΤΕΓΟΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΟΧΡΙΣΤΙΑΝΙΚΗ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ (Athens, 1952-54).

 

17. The Basilica at Voskohoria, near Kozani

·       A. Xyngopoulos, ‘The Early Christian Basilica of Voskohoria’, ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΑ, 1940, vol. i, pp. 8.23 (Thessalonica, 1940) (Greek).

 

18. The Basilica at Palikura, near Stobi

·       R. Egger, ‘Die städtische Kirche von Stobi’, Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts, 1929.

·       J. Petrović, ‘The Baptisteries of Stobi’, Umetnički Pregled, 9, Nov. 1940 (Serbian).

·       J. Petrović, ‘Stobi Today’, Glasnik Hrvatskih Zemaljskih Muzeja u Sarajevu, 1942 (Croatian).

·       E. Kitzinger, ‘A Survey of the Early Christian Town of Stobi’, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 3 (Harvard, 1946). This lists publications concerning Palikura prior to 1940.

·       I. Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957) (Serbian with French summary).

 

19. The Basilica B, Philippi

·       P. Lemerle, Philippes et la Macédoine Orientale (Paris, 1945).

 

20. Country Churches in the neighbourhood of Caričin Grad

·       V. Petković, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad near Leban’, Starinar, 1937, pp. 81-92 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       F. Mesesnel, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad in 1937’, Starinar, 1938, pp. 179-98 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       A. Deroko and S. Radojčić, ‘The Byzantine Archaeological Remains in the Region of Jablanica and Pusta Reka’, Starinar, 1950, pp. 175-81 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       Stričević, ‘The Early Christian Church near Kuršumlija’, Zbornik Radova, 36 (Byzantine Institute, vol. 2), pp. 179-198 (Belgrade, 1953) (Serbian).

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad, 1949-52’, Starinar, 1952-53, pp. 154-6 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       A. Deroko, Monumental and Decorative Art in Mediaeval Serbia, pp. 49-57 (Belgrade, 1953) (Serbian).

·       I. Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957) (Serbian with French summary).

 

21. The Basilicas at Lipljan

·       M. Zdravković, ‘The Ancient Church of Lipljan’, Starinar, 1952-53, pp. 186-9 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       I. Popović and E. Čerškov, ‘ Ulpiana, A Preliminary Report on Archaeological Research from 1954 to 1956’, Glasnik Muzeja Kosova i Metohije, I, pp. 319-27 (Priština, 1956) (Croatian).

 

22. The Sixth-Century Foundations of the Holy Virgin of Ljeviša, Prizren

·       S. M. Nenadović, ‘What were the Restorations of King Milutin in the Church of the Holy Virgin of Ljeviša at Prizren?’, Starinar, 1954-55, PP· 205-26 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

 

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23. The Basilica at Suvodol

·       F. Mesesnel, Preliminary Report in Bulletin Scientifique de Skoplje, 1932, p. 202 (Serbian).

·       F. Mesesnel, ‘Die Ausgrabungen einer altchristlichen Basilika in Suvodol’ (Acts of the IVth International Congress of Byzantine Studies), Bulletin de l’Institut Archéologique Bulgare, x, pp. 184-94 (Sofia, 1936).

·       Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957) (Serbian with French summary).

 

24. The Sixth-Century City of Caričin Grad

·       V. Petković, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad near Leban’, Starinar, 1937, pp. 81-92 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       V. Petković, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad’, Starinar, 1939» PP· 141-52 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       Deroko and S. Radojčić, ‘The Archaeological Excavations of Caričin Grad in 1947', Starinar, 1950, pp. 119-42 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       Grabar, ‘Les Monuments de Tsaritchin Grad et Justiniana Prima’, Cahiers Archéologiques, iii, 1948, pp. 49-63.

·       G. Bošković, ‘A question concerning the town plan of Caričin Grad’, Starinar, 1951, pp. 273-6 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       Deroko, Monumental and Decorative Architecture in Mediaeval Serbia (Belgrade, 1952) (Serbian).

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad in 1953 and 1954’, Starinar, 1954-55, pp. 155-80 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad in 1955 and 1956’, Starinar, 1956-57, pp. 311-28 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

 

25. The Episcopal Basilica, Caričin Grad

·       V. Petković, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad near Leban’, Starinar, 1937, pp. 81-92 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       F. Mesesnel, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad of 1937’, Starinar, 1938, pp. 179-98 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

·       V. Petković, ‘Les Fouilles de Tsaritchin Grad’, Cahiers Archéologiques, iii, 1948, pp. 40-8.

·       A. Deroko, Monumental and Decorative Architecture in Mediaeval Serbia (Belgrade, 1952) (Serbian).

·       I. Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957) (Serbian with French summary).

 

26. The Crypt Basilica, Caričin Grad

·       N. Spremo-Petrović, ‘The Crypt Basilica of Caričin Grad’, Starinar, 1952-53, pp. 169-80 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

 

27. The Cruciform Church, Caričin Grad

·       V. Petković, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad in 1938’, Starinar, 1939, pp. 141-52 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

 

28. The South-West Basilica, Caričin Grad

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘The New Basilica at Caričin Grad’, Starinar, 1958-59, PP· 295-305 (Belgrade) (Serbian).

 

29. The South Church, Caričin Grad

·       G. Mano-Zisi, ‘The Excavations of Caričin Grad, 1949-52’, Starinar, 1952-53, (Belgrade), pp. 127-54 (Serbian).

·       Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957).

 

30. The Domed Church at Konjuh

·       S. Radojčić, ‘The Church of Konjuh’, Zbornik Radova, 21 (Byzantine Institute, vol. 1), pp. 148-67 (Belgrade, 1952) (Serbian).

·       Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957).

·       K. Petrov, ‘Cross reliefs of the Rotunda at Konjuh’, Zbornik 1957-1958, Archaeological Museum, Skopje, pp. 31-47 (Macedonian with French summary).

 

31. The Acropolis Basilica at Bregovina

·       Nikolajević-Stojković, Early Byzantine Decorative Architectural Sculpture in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade, 1957) (Serbian with French summary).

·       G. Stričević, ‘Byzantine Archaeology in Yugoslavia 1955-1958’, Akten des XL Internationalen Byzantinisten-Kongresses, München 1958, pp. 586-91 (Munich, 1960).

 

32. Two Basilicas at Ohrid

·       D. Koco, ‘The Church of Sveta Sofija in Ohrid’, Godišen Zbornik na Filozfskiot Fakultet, Skopje, 1949 (Macedonian).

·       D. Koco, ‘Nouvelles Considérations sur l’église Sainte-Sophie à Ohrid’, Archaeologia lugoslavica, 2 (Belgrade, 1956), p. 140.

 

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33. The Basilicas at Studenčišta and Radolišta

·       V. Lahtov, Results of excavations of the Early Christian basilica at Studenčišta, Ohrid, 1957. (Paper given in 1958 to the Archaeological Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences) (unpublished).

·       D. Koco, ‘Basiliques paléochrétiennes dans la région du lac d’Ohrid’, Recueil des Travaux, Musée National d9Ohrid, iç6i.

 

34. The Basilica at Oktisi

·       D. Koco, ‘Mediaeval Monuments at Struga and Struško’, Godisen Zbornik na Filozfskiot Fakultet, Skopje, 1951 (Macedonian).

·       D. Koco, ‘Basiliques paléochrétiennes dans la région du lac d’Ohrid’, Recueil des Travaux, Musée National d’Ohrid, 1961.

 

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