Byzantine Churches in Constantinople: Their History and Architecture

Byzantine Churches in Constantinople: Their History and Architecture

The map of Constantinople is a derivative of the Buondelmontius series, which dates from 1420, and forms the base of all known maps prior to the Conquest. Buondelmontius' map of Constantinople has been published from several MSS., varying considerably in legend and other details:1 the best account of these publications is to be found in E. Oberhummer's Konstantinopel unter Suleiman dem Grossen, pp. 18 ff. The map in B.M. Arundel, 93, has since been published in Annual B.S.A. xii. pl. i. Tracie parsPorta VlacherneAb hec (sic) porta Vlacherne usque ad portam Sancti Demetri 6 M.P. et centum et decem turresPorta S. Iohannis 1Porta Chamici 2Porta CrescuPorta CresceaAb hec (sic) porta que dicitur Crescea usque ad portam Sancti Demetri septem M. passuum et turres centum nonaginta octo. Et ad portam Vlacherne 5 M. passuum et turres nonaginta sexReceptaculum Conticasii 3-Porta olim palacii ImperatorisPorta S. DimitriIudee 4Pistarie p. 5Messi p.Cheone p.6S. AndreasS. Iohannes de PetraHic Constantinus genuflexusAd S. SalvatoremColumna Co(n)s?Hic Iustinianus in equo7Sancta SophiaHippodromusS. DemetriusS. Georgius-S. LazarusDomus PapeDomus S. ConstantiniSanctorum ApostolorumPorta antiquissima mire (sic) arte constructa8S. Marta9S. AndreasS. Iohannes de StudioPerleftos. This volume is a sequel to the work I published, several years ago, under the title, Byzantine Constantinople: the Walls of the City, and adjoining Historical Sites. In that work the city was viewed, mainly, as the citadel of the Roman Empire in the East, and the bulwark of civilization for more than a thousand years. But the city of Constantine was not only a mighty fortress. It was, moreover, the centre of a great religious community, which elaborated dogmas, fostered forms of piety, and controlled an ecclesiastical administration that have left a profound impression upon the thought and life of mankind. New Rome was a Holy City. It was crowded with churches, hallowed, it was believed, by the remains of the apostles, prophets, saints, and martyrs of the Catholic Church; shrines at which men gathered to worship, from near and far, as before the gates of heaven. These sanctuaries were, furthermore, constructed and beautified after a fashion which marks a distinct and important period in the history of art, and have much to interest the artist and the architect. We have, consequently, reasons enough to justify our study of the churches of Byzantine Constantinople. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 29077
Author: George, Walter S.
Release Date: Jun 9, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Contributor (Author): Henderson, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward), 1870-, Traquair, Ramsay, 1874-1952, Van Millingen, Alexander, 1840-1915