Constantinople old and newDwight, H. G. (Harrison Griswold)
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Constantinople old and new
Dwight, H. G. (Harrison Griswold)
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Istanbul (Turkey) -- History
Tiles in the gallery of Sultan Ahmed 53
The tomb of Sultan Ahmed I 57
In Roxelana’s tomb 59
The _türbeh_ of Ibrahim Pasha 63
The court of the Conqueror 64
The main entrance to the court of Sokollî Mehmed Pasha 65
The interior of Sokollî Mehmed Pasha 67
The court of Sokollî Mehmed Pasha 69
Doorway in the _medresseh_ of Feïzoullah Effendi 70
Entrance to the _medresseh_ of Kyöprülü Hüsseïn Pasha 71
The _medresseh_ of Hassan Pasha 72
St. Sophia 77
From an etching by Frank Brangwyn
The Myrelaion 83
The House of Justinian 86
The Palace of the Porphyrogenitus 90
Interior of the Studion 93
Kahrieh Jami 97
Mosaic from Kahrieh Jami: Theodore Metochites offering his
church to Christ 98
Mosaic from Kahrieh Jami: the Massacre of the Innocents 101
Giotto’s fresco of the Massacre of the Innocents, in the Arena
chapel, Padua 101
Mosaic from Kahrieh Jami: the Marriage at Cana 104
The Golden Gate 109
Outside the land walls 111
A last marble tower stands superbly out of the blue 112
The Golden Horn 115
From the _Specchio Marittimo_ of Bartolommeo Prato
Lighters 118
Sandals 119
Caïques 121
Sailing caïques 122
Galleons that might have sailed out of the Middle Ages anchor
there now 123
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus 125
From a Persian miniature in the _Bibliothèque Nationale_
The _mihrab_ of Pialeh Pasha 131
Old houses of Phanar 133
The outer court of Eyoub 135
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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