Constantinople : İstanbul's Historical Heritage / Stéphane Yerasimos.

By:

Yerasimos, Stefanos, 1942-

Language: English Publication details: Paris : Editions Place des Victoires, 2000.Description: 399 p. : col., ill. ; 33 cmISBN:

3833119322

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

NA1370, Y47 2005

Contents:

1. Constantinople -- 2. The Early Ottoman Capitals -- 3. İstanbul -- 4. Appendices.

Summary: Byzantium - Constantinople - Istanbul: founded as a Greek settlement on the Bosporus, the city's history is replete with significant political and cultural developments. The Hagia Sophia stems from the early Christian era, the Middle Ages bequeathed us churches and monasteries rich in mosiacs as well as illuminated manuscripts and icons; and the cultural Renaissance in 1453 brought magnificent palaces and mosques, calligraphic treasures, and book and miniature paintings inspired by Persian and Arabic forms.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Hollanda Araştırma Enstitüsü Kütüphanesi / Netherlands Institute in Turkey Library	NA1370, Y47 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	1	Not For Loan		10663

Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-399) and index.

1. Constantinople -- 2. The Early Ottoman Capitals -- 3. İstanbul -- 4. Appendices.

Byzantium - Constantinople - Istanbul: founded as a Greek settlement on the Bosporus, the city's history is replete with significant political and cultural developments. The Hagia Sophia stems from the early Christian era, the Middle Ages bequeathed us churches and monasteries rich in mosiacs as well as illuminated manuscripts and icons; and the cultural Renaissance in 1453 brought magnificent palaces and mosques, calligraphic treasures, and book and miniature paintings inspired by Persian and Arabic forms.

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