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Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 152 pages, aukštis x plotis: 280x216 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 31-Mar-2019
  • Leidėjas: Oxbow Books
  • ISBN-10: 1789250307
  • ISBN-13: 9781789250305
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Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine ConstantinopleDidesnis paveikslėlis
  • Formatas: Hardback, 152 pages, aukštis x plotis: 280x216 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 31-Mar-2019
  • Leidėjas: Oxbow Books
  • ISBN-10: 1789250307
  • ISBN-13: 9781789250305
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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.

An archaeological re-examination of the cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople, with fresh evidence about the appearance and function of the complex enabling us to reconsider what Hagia Sophia can tell us about the wider Byzantine world.

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This is a thorough and valuable addition to present knowledge on this key site, for which the authors should be applauded. It will best be appreciated by those with an existing familiarity with the church, rather than serving as an introduction to this awesome survival from Late Antiquity. Many of its findings are genuinely revelatory, resulting in some necessarily dense passages; it is richly illustrated with plans and photographs * Medieval Archaeology * [ A]n important read for those who want as much information as possible about the whole complex of the church. * Journal of Greek Archaeology *

Preface vii
Terminology and conventions ix
Acknowledgments x
1 Introduction
1(10)
The Patriarchal complex
5(2)
The Hagia Sophia Project 2004-2018
7(1)
Methods and practical constraints
8(3)
2 The undiscovered church: Hagia Sophia before Justinian
11(12)
Introduction
11(1)
Fourth-century structures
12(3)
Fifth-century structures
15(5)
Features below the sixth-century church identified in other recent work
20(1)
Conclusion
21(2)
3 New light on Justinian's Hagia Sophia
23(50)
Introduction
23(1)
Buttress piers, their external staircase towers and the corner staircases in the base of the dome
23(10)
The vestibules
33(3)
The access ramps
36(7)
Newly recorded sixth-century decoration
43(3)
Marble veneer on the church exterior
46(1)
Structures south-west of the Justinianic church: the Patriarchal palace
46(3)
Structures surrounding the Large Hall
49(1)
The south-west vestibule of the church
50(5)
The Baptistery south of the church
55(4)
A large rectilinear structure north of the sixth-century church
59(4)
Marble paving around the church and evidence for surrounding courtyards
63(6)
Archaeology and liturgy in Justinian's church
69(3)
Conclusion
72(1)
4 Revealing the Byzantine cathedral: Hagia Sophia after Justinian
73(42)
Introduction
73(1)
The Skeuophylakion
73(1)
North-east and south-east vestibules
74(3)
The north-east ramp
77(3)
Post-sixth-century modifications to the Patriarchate
80(6)
Identifying the Large Hall and associated structures with the later textually-attested additions to the Patriarchal palace
86(4)
The Baptistery
90(2)
The buttresses
92(1)
The south-west buttress
93(9)
The south middle buttress
102(3)
The north middle buttress
105(1)
The north-east buttress
106(2)
The west flying buttresses
108(3)
The other buttresses
111(1)
Archaeology and liturgy after the sixth century
112(1)
Conclusion
112(3)
5 Sixth-century Hagia Sophia in its wider context
115(16)
Introduction
115(6)
Hagia Sophia in the context of surrounding structures and landscape features
121(6)
Building Orthodoxy in sixth-century Constantinople
127(4)
Bibliography 131
Ken Dark is Associate Professor in Archaeology and History at the University of Reading, where he was Director of the Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies from 2001 until 2016. Between 1997 and 2004 he co-directed the British Museum-funded rescue archaeology program for Istanbul, published in 2013 by Oxbow as Constantinople: archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis. Jan Kostenec is a member of the Czech National Committee of Byzantine Studies and the Czech Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology. His main interests are Late Antique and Byzantine archaeology and architecture.