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The Theatre of Diokaisareia.

The theatre of Diokaisareia (today Uzuncaburç), located in the Roman province of Cilicia (Turkey), has been studied within the German Archaeological Research Project directed by Detlev Wannagat. The volume offers a thorough historical and architectural analysis of the building erected in the second...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spanu, Marcello
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2012.
Colección:Diokaisareia in Kilikien ; 2
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Abbreviations; Introductory Remarks; I. Urban Layout; II. Earlier Works on the Theatre; III. Description of the Architectural Evidence; III. 1. The cavea; Summa cavea; Praecinctio; Vomitoria; Ima cavea; Scalaria; The 'honour-box'; Other evidence: quarry marks and holes; Balteus; Aditus; III. 2. The area of the scaena; IV. Architectural Elements of the Scaena: Catalogue; IV. 1. Cornices; IV. 2. Architrave-friezes; IV. 3. Capitals; IV. 4. Column shafts; IV. 5. Column bases; IV. 6. Plain cornices; IV. 7. Plain architrave-friezes; IV. 8. Other elements.
  • V. Architectural Elements of the Scaenae FronsV. 1. General remarks; V.2. Observations on individual motifs; Bead-and-reel; Ionic cyma; Lesbian cyma; Corona; Modillons; Coffers; Dentils; V.3. General considerations; VI. Architectural Reconstruction of the Monument: Hypotheses and Comparisons; VI. 1. The cavea; VI. 2. The orchestra and the area of the scaena; VI. 3. The dedicatory inscription; VI. 4. Comprehensive reconstruction of the theatre and parallels; VI. 5. Aspects of construction; VII. The Monument and the City; VII. 1. Building capacity; VII. 2. Urbanistic aspects.
  • Appendix I: Methodological Aspects of the SurveyAppendix II: Archaeometric Analyses of Marbles in the Theatre of Diokaisareia; Özet; Bibliography; Plates 1--54; Colour Plates A-D; Plans A-K; Folding Plans I, II.