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001			027982
005			20231009192528.0
008			201029s20052005ger 000 u eng d
020			_a9783833119323
082	1		_aREF 950 YER _2
100	1		_aYerasimos, Stéphane
240	1	0	_aToller Cranston Collection
245	1	4	_aConstantinople : _bIstanbul's historical heritage _c/ Stéphane Yerasimos
260			_aKonemann _b: Tandem Verlag GmbH _c, 2005
300			_a400 p. _b: illus. _c; 32 cm
500			_aIndex included
520			_aThis book reveals the inheritance of a fascinating city before the reader's eyes. Christened Constantinople by Constantine the Great, the city successively served as the capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires and commanded a key position between Occident and Orient for more than sixteen centuries. The wealth of cultural treasures that characterise the face of Constantinople today reflects this rich history. The Hagia Sophia stems from the early Christian era; the Middle Ages bequeathed churches and monasteries rich in mosaics as well as illuminated Manuscripts and icons; and the cultural renaissance following the conquest of the city by Mehmed II in 1453 brought magnificent palaces and mosques, calligraphic treasures, and book and miniature paintings inspired by Persian and Arabic forms. The buildings of the Ottoman baroque period and nineteenth-century architecture complete the exceptional cityscape Istanbul boasts today. Richly illustrated and studded with selected literary documents, this book conveys a living experience of Constantinople in all its various aspects.
546			_aTranslated from the German to English
650		4	_aArchitecture, Byzantine
650		4	_aChurch buildings _z-Turkey _z-Istanbul
650		4	_aMosques _z-Turkey _z-Istanbul
651		4	_aIstanbul, Turkey _x-History
700	1		_aSchreiber, Sally M.
942			_cMO
999			_c240770 _d240770