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Hagia Sophia in Context - An Archaeological Re-examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople (Hardcover)
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Hagia Sophia in Context - An Archaeological Re-examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople (Hardcover)
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The Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia has been a source of wonder
and fascination since its sixth-century construction. It was the
premier monument of the Byzantine capital, Constantinople, and
remains one of the most recognisable symbols of modern Istanbul.
Often seen as encapsulating Byzantine history and culture, the
building has been the subject of much scholarly interest since the
Renaissance. However, while almost all previous archaeological work
has focussed on the church itself, the surrounding complex of
ecclesiastical buildings has been largely neglected. The research
project presented here (co-directed by the authors) is the first to
focus on the archaeology of the immediate environs of the church in
order to understand the complex as a whole. Previously unrecorded
material includes parts of the Patriarchal complex, from which the
Orthodox Church was governed for almost a millennium, what may be
the ‘Great Baptistery’ north of the church, and what are
perhaps the first fragments of the fourth-century phase of the
cathedral yet identified. The discovery of an unrecognised porch,
surviving to its full height within the standing building, changes
the known plan of the famous sixth-century church. This new
information provides fresh evidence about the appearance and
function of the complex, illustrating its similarities to, and
dissimilarities from, episcopal centres elsewhere in the Byzantine
world. Combined with other archaeological sources, these
discoveries enable us to place the sixth-century cathedral in its
urban context and to reconsider what Hagia Sophia can tell us about
the wider Byzantine world.
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