Chapter I: Front Matter

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NOTE ON THE MAP OF CONSTANTINOPLE

For the map forming the frontispiece and the following note I am greatly indebted to Mr. F. W. Hasluck, of the British School at Athens.

The map is taken from the unpublished _Insularium Henrici
Martelli Germani_ (_B.M. Add. MSS._ 15,760) f. 40.

A short note on the MS., which may be dated approximately
1490, is given in the _Annual of the British School at
Athens_, xii. 199.

The map of Constantinople is a derivative of the
Buondelmontius series, which dates from 1420, and forms the
base of all known maps prior to the Conquest.
Buondelmontius' map of Constantinople has been published
from several MSS., varying considerably in legend and other
details:[1] the best account of these publications is to be
found in E. Oberhummer's _Konstantinopel unter Suleiman dem
Grossen_, pp. 18 ff. The map in B.M. _Arundel_, 93, has
since been published in _Annual B.S.A._ xii. pl. i.

In the present map the legends are as follows. Those marked with a dagger do not occur on hitherto published maps.

Reference is made below to the Paris MS. (best published by Oberhummer, _loc. cit._), the Venetian (Mordtmann, _Esquisse_, p. 45, Sathas, [Greek: Mnêmeia], iii., frontispiece), and the Vatican (Mordtmann, _loc. cit._ p. 73).

TRACIE PARS--GALATHA OLIM NVNC PERA--Pera--S.
Dominicus--Arcena--Introitus Euxini Maris.

ASIE MINORIS PARS NVNC TVRCHIA.--TVRCHIA.

Tracie pars--Porta Vlacherne--[Symbol: cross] Ab hec (_sic_)
porta Vlacherne usque ad portam Sancti Demetri 6 M.P. et
centum et decem turres--[Symbol: cross] Porta S.
Iohannis[1]--Porta Chamici[2]--Porta Crescu--Porta
Crescea--[Symbol: cross] Ab hec (_sic_) porta que dicitur
Crescea usque ad portam Sancti Demetri septem M. passuum et
turres centum nonaginta octo. Et ad portam Vlacherne 5 M.
passuum et turres nonaginta sex--Receptaculum
Conticasii[3]-Porta olim palacii Imperatoris--Porta S.
Dimitri--Iudee[4]--Pistarie p.[5]--Messi p.--Cheone
p.[6]--S. Andreas--S. Iohannes de Petra--Hic Constantinus
genuflexus--[Symbol: cross] Ad S. Salvatorem--[Symbol:
cross] Columna Co(n)s?--Hic Iustinianus in equo[7]--Sancta
Sophia--Hippodromus--S. Demetrius--S. Georgius-S.
Lazarus--Domus Pape--Domus S. Constantini--Sanctorum
Apostolorum--Porta antiquissima mire (_sic_) arte
constructa[8]--S. Marta[9]--S. Andreas--S. Iohannes de
Studio--Perleftos.

F. W. H.

[1] S. Romani?

[2] Porta Camidi, _Vat._

[3] Receptaculum fustarum dein Condoscalli, _Par._

[4] Porta Judea, _Par._

[5] Porta Piscarii, _Par._

[6] Porta Lacherne, _Par._, delle Corne, Vat., del Chinigo (i.e. [Greek: Kynêgiou]) in the xvi. cent. Venetian maps.

[7] Theodosius in aequo eneo, _Ven._ In hoc visus imp. Teod. equo sedens, _Vat._

[8] Porta antiquissima pulcra, _Par._

[9] St. Ma[=m] (as?) _Ven._ Sts. Marcus, _Vat._

BYZANTINE CHURCHES
IN CONSTANTINOPLE

THEIR HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE

BY

ALEXANDER VAN MILLINGEN, M.A., D.D.

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY, ROBERT COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOPLE
AUTHOR OF 'BYZANTINE CONSTANTINOPLE,' 'CONSTANTINOPLE'

ASSISTED BY

RAMSAY TRAQUAIR, A.R.I.B.A.

LECTURER ON ARCHITECTURE, COLLEGE OF ART, EDINBURGH

W. S. GEORGE, A.R.C.A., AND A. E. HENDERSON, F.S.A.

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