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Pierre Gilles' Constantinople : a Modern English Translation.

This complete English edition of Pierre Gilles' Topography of Constantinople and Its Antiquities in Four Books is a study and history of the monuments of the former Byzantine capital, the largest and wealthiest city in Europe. It includes references to Gilles' sources and to the most impor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilles, Pierre
Otros Autores: Byrd, Kimberly
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Italica Press, 2008.
Colección:Historical Travel Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Illustrations; Introduction; Note on Translation; The Topography of Constantinople and its Antiquities in Four Books; Book I; I. The Origins of Byzantium and Its Various Fortunes; II. On the Size of Byzantium; III. The Rebuilding of Constantinople and Its Size; IV. The Form, Area, Length and Breadth of Present-day Constantinople; V.A General Description of Constantinople; VI. The Layout of the City; VII. The First Hill and Palace Region, and Hagia Sophia and the Hippodrome; VIII. The First Valley; IX. The Second Hill; X. The Second Valley, which Divides the Second Hill from the Third. 
505 8 |a XI. The Third HillXII. The Third Valley; XIII. The Fourth Hill; XIV. The Fifth Hill; XV. The Fifth Valley; XVI. The Sixth Hill; XVII. The Valley that Divides the Sixth Hill from the Seventh Hill; XVIII. The Seventh Hill; XIX. Concerning the Walls of the City; XX. The Gates of Constantinople and the Seven Towers of Ancient Byzantium; XXI. The Long Walls; Notes to Book I; Book II; I. The Buildings and Monuments of Ancient Byzantium and of Constantinople, the New Rome; II. The Monuments of the First Hill and the First Ward of the City; III. Hagia Sophia. 
505 8 |a IV. Description of Hagia Sophia as It Appears TodayV. The Statues Found near Hagia Sophia; VI. The Pharos on the Ceres Promontory and the Mangana; VII. The Baths of Zeuxippus and Its Statues; VIII. The Xenodochon or Hospital of Samson and the Xenodochon of Eubulus; IX. The Statue of Empress Eudoxia, for Which John Chrysostomos Was Exiled; X. On the Part of the City Contained within the Third Ward; XI. The Hippodrome and Its Obelisk, Columns and Statues; XII. On the Structure of the Colossus; XIII. The Columns of the Hippodrome. 
505 8 |a XIV. The Church of Bacchus, the Court of Hormisdas and the Palace of JustinianXV. The Harbor of Julian and Sophia and the Portico Called the Sigma, and the Palace of Sophia; XVI. The Fourth Ward; XVII. The Forum Augusteon; the Columns of Theodosius and Justinian; the Senate; XVIII. The Imperial Palace, the Basilica, the Palace of Constantine and the Chalke Gate; XIX. The Basilica and Its Surroundings; XX. The Library and Gate of the Basilica, and the Basilica Cistern; XXI. The Chalkoprateia. 
505 8 |a XXII. The Gates Situated between the Palace and Forum of Constantine, and the Palace Called LampterumXXIII. The Miliarium Aureum and Its Statues, and the Fortuna of the City and Her Statue; XXIV. The Temple of Neptune, Church of St. Mina [St. Menas], the Stadia, the Pier of Timasius; XXV. The Lausus and Its Statues: Cnidean Venus, Samian Juno, Lindian Minerva, Winged Cupid, Olympian Jupiter, Saturn, Unicorns, Tigers, Vultures, Camel-Leopards; and of the Cistern of the Hospital Called Philoxenos, and the Chrysotriclinium; Notes to Book II; Book III. 
500 |a I. The Features of the Fifth Ward and the Second Hill. 
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