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The Antiquities of Constantinople

by Pierre Gilles

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  1. 1In Four Books. Written Originally in Latin by Petrus Gyllius a Byza…
  2. 2Dedication
  3. 3The Preface of the Translator
  4. 4Contents
  5. 5Chap. I — Of the Founders of Byzantium, and the Different Successes…
  6. 6Chap. II — Of the Extent of Old Byzantium
  7. 7Chap. III — Of the Rebuilding of Byzantium by Constantine the Great…
  8. 8Chap. IV — Of the Present Figure, Compass, Length and Breadth of Co…
  9. 9Chap. V — A General Description of Constantinople
  10. 10Chap. VI — Of the Situation of All the Parts of the City Describ’d
  11. 11Chap. VII
  12. 12Chap. VIII — Of the First Valley
  13. 13Chap. IX — Of the Second Hill
  14. 14Chap. X — Of the Second Valley, Which Divides the Second From the T…
  15. 15Chap. XI — Of the Third Hill
  16. 16Chap. XII — Of the Third Valley
  17. 17Chap. XIII — Of the Fourth Hill
  18. 18Chap. XIV — Of the Fifth Hill
  19. 19Chap. XV — Of the Fifth Valley
  20. 20Chap. XVI
  21. 21Chap. XVII — Of the Valley Which Divides the Promontory From the Se…
  22. 22Chap. XVIII — Of the Seventh Hill
  23. 23Chap. XIX — Of the Walls of the City
  24. 24Chap. XX — Of the Gates of Constantinople, and the Seven Towers of…
  25. 25Chap. XXI — Of the Long Walls
  26. 26Chap. I — Of the Buildings and Monuments of Old Byzantium and Const…
  27. 27Chap. II — Of the Ancient Monuments of the First Hill, and of the F…
  28. 28Chap. III — Of the Church of St. Sophia
  29. 29Chap. IV — A Description of the Church of St. Sophia, as It Now App…
  30. 30Chap. V — Of the Statues Discover’d on One Side of the Church of St…
  31. 31Chap. VI — Of the Pharo on the Promontory Ceras, and the Mangana
  32. 32Chap. VII — Of the Bagnio’s of Zeuxippus and Its Statues
  33. 33Chap. VIII — Of the Hospitals of Sampson and Eubulus
  34. 34Chap. IX — Of the Statue of Eudoxia Augusta, for Which St. Chrysost…
  35. 35Chap. X — Of Those Parts of the City Which Are Contain’d in the Thi…
  36. 36Chap. XI — Of the Hippodrom, Its Obelisk, Its Statues, and Columns
  37. 37Chap. XII — Of the Colossus
  38. 38Chap. XIII — Of Some Other Columns in the Hippodrom
  39. 39Chap. XIV — Of the Church of Bacchus, the Court of Hormisda, and th…
  40. 40Chap. XV
  41. 41Chap. XVI — Of the Fourth Ward
  42. 42Chap. XVII
  43. 43Chap. XVIII
  44. 44Chap. XIX — Of the Basilica, and the Imperial Walks
  45. 45Chap. XX — Of the Imperial Library, and Portico; as Also of the Imp…
  46. 46Chap. XXI — Of the Chalcopratia
  47. 47Chap. XXII — Of the Portico’s Situate Between the Palace, and the F…
  48. 48Chap. XXIII — Of the Miliarium Aureum and Its Statues, and of the F…
  49. 49Chap. XXIV
  50. 50Chap. XXV
  51. 51Chap. I
  52. 52Chap. II — Of the Sixth Ward, and the Remaining Ancient Buildings o…
  53. 53Chap. III — Of the Porphyry Pillar, the Forum of Constantine, and t…
  54. 54Chap. IV
  55. 55Chap. V — Of the Seventh Ward
  56. 56Chap. VI
  57. 57Chap. VII — Of the Eighth Ward, and the Hind-part of the Third Hill
  58. 58Chap. VIII
  59. 59Chap. IX
  60. 60Chap. I — Of the Eleventh Ward, and of the Fourth and Fifth Hills
  61. 61Chap. II
  62. 62Chap. III — Of the Sixth Hill, and the Fourteenth Ward
  63. 63Chap. IV
  64. 64Chap. V — Of the Blachernæ, the Triclinium of the Blachernæ, the Pa…
  65. 65Chap. VI
  66. 66Chap. VII — Of the Seventh Hill, the Twelfth Ward, and of the Pilla…
  67. 67Chap. VIII — Of the Statues, and the Antient Tripos of Apollo, Stan…
  68. 68Chap. IX — Of the Columns Now Remaining on the Seventh Hill
  69. 69Chap. X
  70. 70Chap. XI
  71. 71Appendix
  72. 72An Explanatory Index
  73. 73A Description — Of the City of Constantinople, as It Stood in the R…
  74. 74A Description — Of the Wards of Constantinople
  75. 75The Second Ward
  76. 76The Third Ward
  77. 77The Fourth Ward
  78. 78The Fifth Ward
  79. 79The Sixth Ward
  80. 80The Seventh Ward
  81. 81The Eighth Ward
  82. 82The Ninth Ward
  83. 83The Tenth Ward
  84. 84The Eleventh Ward
  85. 85The Twelfth Ward
  86. 86The Thirteenth Ward
  87. 87The Fourteenth Ward
  88. 88A Summary View of the Whole City
  89. 89Some Account of the Suburbs as They Are Mention’d in the Codes and…
  90. 90Of the Present Buildings of Constantinople

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