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Les
Eglises de Constantinople by Jean Ebersolt
and Adolphe Thiers 34.5 x 24.5 cm 376 pp. 123 illus. Reprint of the Paris 1913 edition
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Since its first appearance over seventy years ago, this work has been recognised as one of the most important contributions to the study of the Byzantine churches of Istanbul, and a strikingly successful synthesis of scholarly research and scrupulous attention to architectural detail, with attention paid equally to the evidence of the historical sources and to the fabric of the actual buildings.
The 123 original photographs which accompany the text are of considerable
historical value, and the album of 58 architectural drawings by Adolphe Thiers
contains detailed ground-plans and projections for each church. This album
has been incorporated into the present volume in the form of folding folio
plates, which preserve the scale and detail of the original. There is a new
introduction by Professor Gilbert Dagron.