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The Antiquities of Constantinople
Pierre Gilles, John Ball
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| #3616817 in Books | Italica Pr | 1986-06 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.75 x5.75 x.75l, | File type: PDF | 300 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Dated, but good info|By A Reader|This book is a bit dated - but then again, it was written about 5 centuries ago! Still, the author discusses how Constantinople would have looked during the Byzantine era. So, for those interested in the Byzantines, it is a help. There are a few websites out there that have computer generated recreations of Byzantine buildings, based on histo||As a humanist-archeologist, Gilles uses his ancient Greek and Latin sources with a keen detective's eye and a fine sense of critical judgment. "Wandering across the hills of the city with Gilles is a delight." -- Seventeenth-Century News, Fall 1988<
A first-hand description of Constantinople (Istanbul) by this French humanist and diplomat c. 1550, during the age of Sleiyman the Magnificent. Gilles discusses the city's rich history and describes the hills, palaces, temples and churches, the markets, cisterns, columns, baths and other ancient monuments of this great capital.
Illustrated, new introduction, bibliography, index, glossary, and five new maps. Based on John Ball's 1729 translation from Latin. Second edit...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Antiquities of Constantinople | Pierre Gilles, John Ball. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
