Studies on Constantinople

This volume is devoted to the history, monuments and topography of Byzantine Constantinople, and includes two specially written pieces, as well as up-dates to the studies reprinted. Many of the articles deal with the imperial constructions of the first centuries of the City's existence - for instance, the columns of Constantine and Justinian, the Mausoleum of the Holy Apostles and the churches of St Sophia, St John of Studius, and Sts Sergius and Bacchus - structures which provided the basic monumental framework around which Constantinople developed and its life was lived. In his reconstruction of these monuments and their history, Cyril Mango demonstrates how much can be achieved by combining the information gained from meticulous examination of the written sources, whether contemporary or from post-medieval travellers, with that provided by the surviving buildings themselves and the remains that have been excavated. Ce volume, vou© l'histoire, aux monuments et la topographie de Constantinople la Byzantine, comprend deux ©tudes r©dig©es pour l'occasion, ainsi qu'une mise jour des travaux qui y sont re-publi©s. Bon nombre des ©tudes traitent plus particuli¨rement des constructions imp©riales datant des premiers si¨cles d'existence de la cit© - tels, les colonnes de Constantin et de Justinien, la Mausol© des Saints Ap´tres et les ©glises de Ste Sophie, St Jean de Studius, ou de Sts Serge et Bacchus; un ensemble de structures qui apport¨rent la base monumentale autour de laquelle Constantinople s'est d©velopp©e et a v©cu. Au travers de cette reconstruction des monuments et de leur histoire, Cyril Mango d©montre combien peut ªtre atteint en combinant l'information acquise partir d'un examen m©ticuleux des sources ©crites - que celles-ci soient contemporaines ou proviennent des voyageurs post-m©di©vaux - celle que l'on peut tirer des b¢timents-mªmes qui ont surv©cu, ainsi que des restes qui ©t© re