TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stroth,Fabian
TI  - The Church of St. Polyeuktos at Constantinople
SN  - 9781009105729 
AV  - NA5870.C48 S87 2024
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Church of St. Polyeuktos (Istanbul, Turkey)
KW  - Architecture, Byzantine
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Istanbul
KW  - Church architecture
KW  - Expertising
KW  - Excavations (Archaeology)
KW  - Istanbul (Turkey)
KW  - Antiquities, Byzantine
KW  - Buildings, structures, etc
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Feb 2024); 1 The Rediscovery 1 --
2 The Foundress Anicia Juliana 6 --
3 The Early Churches of Constantinople 11 --
4 The Dating 20 --
5 The Site 21 --
6 The Epigrams 29 --
7 The Architectural Sculpture 39 --
8 The Reconstructions 44 --
9 No Temple for Byzantium 55 --
10 The Site in the Middle Ages 60 --
Bibliography 66 --

N2  - The Church of St. Polyeuktos is one of the most magnificent, but also most peculiar architectural achievements in Byzantine Constantinople. The accidental rediscovery of the building during construction work in Istanbul in the 1960s is legendary and considered one of the most sensational finds in Byzantine archaeology. Built by the aristocrat Lady Anicia Juliana, the reconstruction of the structure and the interpretation of its strange forms continue to challenge scholars today. The building gave rise to a whole series of archaeo-historical narratives, in which the City's byzantine protagonists and major monuments were woven into a coherent plot. This Element on the archaeology of St. Polyeuktos takes a closer look at these narratives and subject them to critical examination. In the end, the study of St. Polyeuktos will tell us as much about Byzantine architectural history in the second half of the twentieth century as about early Byzantine architecture itself
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