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The Antiquities of Constantinople / With a Description of Its Situation, the Conveniencies of Its Port, Its Publick Buildings, the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture, and Other Curiosities of That City

Chapter 2: In Four Books. Written Originally in Latin by Petrus Gyllius a Byzantine Historian.
By Pierre Gilles
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A detailed topographical and antiquarian survey of Constantinople and the Bosporus that combines ancient writers with the author's on-site observations. It systematically describes the city's natural situation and port, principal public buildings and monuments, and surviving statuary, sculpture, and architectural forms. Architectural plans and engraved figures accompany the text, clarifying major churches such as Sancta Sophia, the Hippodrome, notable pillars and obelisks, and other curious remains. The narrative interweaves classical accounts with practical description and notes the later alterations and losses that have affected the city’s ancient fabric.

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Title: The Antiquities of Constantinople

Author: Pierre Gilles

Release date: September 18, 2016 [eBook #53083]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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From Angeloni. J. Tinney Sculp.

THE
Antiquities
OF
CONSTANTINOPLE.
With a Description of its
SITUATION,
the Conveniencies of its
PORT,
its PUBLICK BUILDINGS,
the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture,
and other
CURIOSITIES of that CITY.
With Cuts explaining the Chief of them.

In Four Books.
Written Originally in Latin by
Petrus Gyllius a Byzantine Historian.

Now Translated into English, and Enlarged with an Ancient Description of the Wards of that CITY, as they stood in the Reigns of Arcadius and Honorius.

With Pancirolus’s Notes thereupon.

To which is added
A large Explanatory Index.

By John Ball, formerly of C. C. C. Oxon.

——Res Antiquæ laudis, et artis
Ingredior.—— Vir. Geo. 2.

LONDON.
Printed for the Benefit of the Translator, 1729.

J. Tinney Sculp.