E-raamat: Studies on Constantinople

This volume is devoted to the history, monuments and topography of Byzantine Constantinople, and includes two specially written pieces, as well as up-dates to the studies reprinted. Many of the articles deal with the imperial constructions of the first centuries of the Citys existence - for instance, the columns of Constantine and Justinian, the Mausoleum of the Holy Apostles and the churches of St Sophia, St John of Studius, and Sts Sergius and Bacchus - structures which provided the basic monumental framework around which Constantinople developed and its life was lived. In his reconstruction of these monuments and their history, Cyril Mango demonstrates how much can be achieved by combining the information gained from meticulous examination of the written sources, whether contemporary or from post-medieval travellers, with that provided by the surviving buildings themselves and the remains that have been excavated. Ce volume, voué Ć  lhistoire, aux monuments et Ć  la topographie de Constantinople la Byzantine, comprend deux études rédigées pour loccasion, ainsi quune mise Ć  jour des travaux qui y sont re-publiés. Bon nombre des études traitent plus particuličrement des constructions impériales datant des premiers sičcles dexistence de la cité - tels, les colonnes de Constantin et de Justinien, la Mausolé des Saints ApĆ´tres et les églises de Ste Sophie, St Jean de Studius, ou de Sts Serge et Bacchus; un ensemble de structures qui apportčrent la base monumentale autour de laquelle Constantinople sest développée et a vécu. Au travers de cette reconstruction des monuments et de leur histoire, Cyril Mango démontre combien peut ĆŖtre atteint en combinant linformation acquise Ć  partir dun examen méticuleux des sources écrites - que celles-ci soient contemporaines ou proviennent des voyageurs post-médiévaux - Ć  celle que lon peut tirer des bĆ¢timents-mĆŖmes qui ont survécu, ainsi que des restes qui été re