Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- 4: Waters for a Capital: Hydraulic Infrastructure and Use in Byzantine Constantinople
- 5: The Supply of Food to Constantinople
- 6: Constantinople: Building and Maintenance
- 7: The Defence of Constantinople
- Part III Urban Experiences
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
6: - Constantinople: Building and Maintenance
from Part II - Practical Matters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2022
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I The Place and Its People
- Part II Practical Matters
- 4: Waters for a Capital: Hydraulic Infrastructure and Use in Byzantine Constantinople
- 5: The Supply of Food to Constantinople
- 6: Constantinople: Building and Maintenance
- 7: The Defence of Constantinople
- Part III Urban Experiences
- Part IV Institutions and Activities
- Part V Encountering Constantinople
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World
- References
Summary
Chapter 6, “Constantinople: Building and Maintenance,” considers the built environment of Constantinople as a thermodynamic system, examining such issues as the supply of materials, construction legislation, and architectural techniques in the context of three basic categories: urban infrastructure, public monuments, and vernacular architecture.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople , pp. 102 - 116Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
References
Further Reading
Crow, J., “The Infrastructure of a Great City: Earth, Walls and Water in Late Antique Constantinople,” in Technology in transition A.D. 300–650, ed. Lavan, L., Zanini, E., and Sarantis, A. (Leiden and Boston, 2007), 251–85.Google Scholar
Dark, K. R. and Özgümüş, F.. Constantinople: Archaeology of a Byzantine Megapolis (Oxford, 2013).Google Scholar
Saliou, C., “Construire en capitale: la loi de Zénon sur la construction privée à Constantinople (CJ VIII, 10, 12), une relecture,” in Constantinople réelle et imaginaire: autour de l’oeuvre de Gilbert Dagron (TM 22.1), ed. Morrisson, C. and Sodini, J.-P. (Paris, 2018), 79–102.Google Scholar
Zanini, E., “Materiali e tecniche costruttive degli edifici costantinopolitani in età paleologa: un approccio archeologico,” in L’arte di Bisanzio e l’Italia al tempo dei Paleologi 1261–1453, ed. Iacobini, A. and della Valle, M. (Rome, 1999), 301–20.Google Scholar