Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE SITE OF CONSTANTINOPLE—THE LIMITS OF BYZANTIUM
- CHAPTER II THE CITY OF CONSTANTINE—ITS LIMITS—FORTIFICATIONS—INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT
- CHAPTER III THE THEODOSIAN WALLS
- CHAPTER IV THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS—THE GOLDEN GATE
- CHAPTER V THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS—continued
- CHAPTER VI REPAIRS ON THE THEODOSIAN WALLS
- CHAPTER VII THE PALACE OF THE PORPHYROGENITUS (TEKFOUR SERAI)
- CHAPTER VIII THE FORTIFICATIONS ON THE NORTH-WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY, BEFORE THE SEVENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER IX THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR MANUEL COMNENUS
- CHAPTER X THE TOWER OF ANEMAS: THE TOWER OF ISAAC ANGELUS
- CHAPTER XI INMATES OF THE PRISON OF ANEMAS
- CHAPTER XII THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR HERACLIUS: THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR LEO THE ARMENIAN
- CHAPTER XIII THE SEAWARD WALLS
- CHAPTER XIV THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN
- CHAPTER XV THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN—continued
- CHAPTER XVI THE WALLS ALONG THE SEA OF MARMORA
- CHAPTER XVII THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA—continued
- CHAPTER XIX THE HEBDOMON
- CHAPTER XX THE ANASTASIAN WALL
- TABLE OF EMPERORS
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAPTER VII - THE PALACE OF THE PORPHYROGENITUS (TEKFOUR SERAI)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE SITE OF CONSTANTINOPLE—THE LIMITS OF BYZANTIUM
- CHAPTER II THE CITY OF CONSTANTINE—ITS LIMITS—FORTIFICATIONS—INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT
- CHAPTER III THE THEODOSIAN WALLS
- CHAPTER IV THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS—THE GOLDEN GATE
- CHAPTER V THE GATES IN THE THEODOSIAN WALLS—continued
- CHAPTER VI REPAIRS ON THE THEODOSIAN WALLS
- CHAPTER VII THE PALACE OF THE PORPHYROGENITUS (TEKFOUR SERAI)
- CHAPTER VIII THE FORTIFICATIONS ON THE NORTH-WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY, BEFORE THE SEVENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER IX THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR MANUEL COMNENUS
- CHAPTER X THE TOWER OF ANEMAS: THE TOWER OF ISAAC ANGELUS
- CHAPTER XI INMATES OF THE PRISON OF ANEMAS
- CHAPTER XII THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR HERACLIUS: THE WALL OF THE EMPEROR LEO THE ARMENIAN
- CHAPTER XIII THE SEAWARD WALLS
- CHAPTER XIV THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN
- CHAPTER XV THE WALLS ALONG THE GOLDEN HORN—continued
- CHAPTER XVI THE WALLS ALONG THE SEA OF MARMORA
- CHAPTER XVII THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE HARBOURS ON THE SEA OF MARMORA—continued
- CHAPTER XIX THE HEBDOMON
- CHAPTER XX THE ANASTASIAN WALL
- TABLE OF EMPERORS
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- Byzantine ConstantinopleThe Walls of the City and Adjoining Historical Sites, pp. 109 - 114Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1899