Author: James Dallaway

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-18

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9780282386115

Excerpt from Constantinople, Ancient and Modern: With Excursions to the Shores and Islands of the Archipelago and to the Troad Summary account of Byzantium - Of Corylantinoplefince the pajiji fion of the Turks - City walls - Gates - Seven towers - Seraglio - Sublime Forte - Church of St. Irene, now the armoury - The two courts, with their gates - Column of Theodo/ius - Kiofques - Sultan's new garden - Baths - Library - trea/ztr'es - Apart ments offiate - Chamber of audience - Inhabitants - Sketch of female economy in the feraglio, with the prcfint arrangement of the harem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.