The Antiquities of Constantinople

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Gilles Pierre. The Antiquities of Constantinople

THE PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR

THE PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR, Describing the Situation of Constantinople, the Conveniences of its Port, and the Commodities in which it abounds

BOOK I

Chap. I. Of the Founders of Byzantium, and the different Successes and Revolutions of that City

Chap. II. Of the Extent of Old Byzantium

Chap. III. Of the Rebuilding of Byzantium by Constantine the Great, and the Largeness of it in his Time

Chap. IV. Of the present Figure, Compass, Length and Breadth of Constantinople

Chap. V. A general Description of Constantinople

Chap. VI. Of the Situation of all the Parts of the City describ’d

Chap. VII. Of the first Hill, of the Palace of the Grand Seignor, of the Church of St. Sophia, and the Hippodrom

Chap. VIII. Of the first Valley

Chap. IX. Of the second Hill

Chap. X. Of the second Valley, which divides the second from the third Hill

Chap. XI. Of the third Hill

Chap. XII. Of the third Valley

Chap. XIII. Of the fourth Hill

Chap. XIV. Of the Fifth Hill

Chap. XV. Of the Fifth Valley

Chap. XVI

Chap. XVII. Of the Valley which divides the Promontory from the seventh Hill

Chap. XVIII. Of the seventh Hill

Chap. XIX. Of the Walls of the City

Chap. XX. Of the Gates of Constantinople, and the seven Towers of Old Byzantium

Chap. XXI. Of the long Walls

BOOK II

Chap. I. Of the Buildings and Monuments of Old Byzantium and Constantinople, called New Rome

Chap. II. Of the Ancient Monuments of the first Hill, and of the first Ward of the City

Chap. III. Of the Church of St. Sophia

Chap. IV. A Description of the Church of St. Sophia, as it now appears

Chap. V. Of the Statues discover’d on one Side of the Church of St. Sophia

Chap. VI. Of the Pharo on the Promontory Ceras, and the Mangana

Chap. VII. Of the Bagnio’s of Zeuxippus and its Statues

Chap. VIII. Of the Hospitals of Sampson and Eubulus

Chap. IX. Of the Statue of Eudoxia Augusta, for which St. Chrysostom was sent into Banishment

Chap. X. Of those Parts of the City which are contain’d in the third Ward

Chap. XI. Of the Hippodrom, its Obelisk, its Statues, and Columns

Chap. XII. Of the Colossus

Chap. XIII. Of some other Columns in the Hippodrom

Chap. XIV. Of the Church of Bacchus, the Court of Hormisda, and the House of Justinian

Chap. XV. Of the Port of Julian, and Sophia; of the Portico nam’d Sigma, and the Palace of Sophia

Chap. XVI. Of the Fourth Ward

Chap. XVII. Of the Forum called the Augustæum, of the Pillar of Theodosius, and Justinian, and the Senate-House

Chap. XVIII. Of the Imperial Palace, the Basilica; of the Palace of Constantine, and the House of Entrance nam’d Chalca

Chap. XIX. Of the Basilica, and the Imperial Walks

Chap. XX. Of the Imperial Library, and Portico; as also of the Imperial Cistern

Chap. XXI. Of the Chalcopratia

Chap. XXII. Of the Portico’s situate between the Palace, and the Forum of Constantine

Chap. XXIII. Of the Miliarium Aureum and its Statues, and of the Fortune of the City, and her Statue

Chap. XXIV. Of the Temple of Neptune, of the Church of St. Mina, (or Menna) of the Stadia, and the Stairs of Timasius

Chap. XXV. Of the Lausus, and its Statues; namely, a Venus of Cnidos, a Juno of Samos, a Minerva of Lindia, a winged Cupid, a Jupiter Olympius, a Saturn, Unicorns, Tygers, Vultures, Beasts that are half Camels, and half Panthers; of the Cistern of the Hospital called Philoxenos, and the Chrysotriclinium

BOOK III

Chap. I. Of several Places in the fifth Ward, and the second Hill; of the Neorium; of the Port nam’d the Bosporium; of the Strategium, and the Forum of Theodosius

Chap. II. Of the sixth Ward, and the remaining ancient Buildings of the second Hill

Chap. III. Of the Porphyry Pillar, the Forum of Constantine, and the Palladium

Chap. IV. Of the Senate-House; the Nympheum; the Statues of the Forum of Constantine; of the Philadelphium; the Musæum; the Labarum and Syparum; of the Death of Arius; of the Temples of Tellus, Ceres, Persephone; of Juno and Pluto

Chap. V. Of the Seventh Ward

Chap. VI. Of the Street called Taurus, the Forum of Theodosius, the Pillar of Theodosius with Winding Stairs, of the Tetrapylum, the Pyramidical Engine of the Winds, the Statues of Arcadius and Honorius, of the Churches of Hirena and Anastasia, and the Rocks called Scyronides

Chap. VII. Of the eighth Ward, and the Hind-part of the third Hill

Chap. VIII. Of the ninth Ward; of the Temple of Concord; of the Granaries of Alexandria and Theodosius; of the Baths of Anastasia, of the House of Craterus; of the Modius, and the Temple of the Sun and Moon

Chap. IX. Of the third Valley, and the tenth Ward; of the House of Placidia, and her Palace; of the Aqueduct of Valentinian, the Bagnio’s of Constantine, and the Nympheum

BOOK IV

Chap. I. Of the Eleventh Ward, and of the Fourth and Fifth Hills

Chap. II. Of the Church of the Apostles, the Sepulchre of Constantine the Great, the Cistern of Arcadius and Modestus, of the Palace of Placilla, and the Brazen Bull

Chap. III. Of the Sixth Hill, and the Fourteenth Ward

Chap. IV. Of the Hepdomum, a Part of the Suburbs; of the Triclinium of Magnaura; of the Cyclobion; of the Statue of Mauritius, and his Armory; and of the Place called the Cynegium

Chap. V. Of the Blachernæ, the Triclinium of the Blachernæ, the Palace, the Aqueduct and many other Places of Antiquity

Chap. VI. Of the Bridge near the Church of St. Mamas; of his Hippodrom; of the Brazen Lyon, and the Sepulchre of the Emperor Mauritius

Chap. VII. Of the seventh Hill, the twelfth Ward, and of the Pillar of Arcadius

Chap. VIII. Of the Statues, and the antient Tripos of Apollo, standing in the Xerolophon

Chap. IX. Of the Columns now remaining on the Seventh Hill

Chap. X. Of the Thirteenth Ward of the City, call’d the Sycene Ward, of the Town of Galata, sometimes nam’d Pera

Chap. XI. A Description of Galata; of the Temples of Amphiaraus, Diana, and Venus; of the Theatre of Sycæ, and the Forum of Honorius

APPENDIX

A DESCRIPTION Of the WARDS of Constantinople

The first Region, or Ward

The Second Ward

The Third Ward

The Fourth Ward

The Fifth Ward

The Sixth Ward

The Seventh Ward

The Eighth Ward

The Ninth Ward

The Tenth Ward

The Eleventh Ward

The Twelfth Ward

The Thirteenth Ward

The Fourteenth Ward

A Summary View of the whole City

Some Account of the Suburbs as they are mention’d in the Codes and Law-Books

Of the present Buildings of Constantinople

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IT is customary upon a Translation to give some Account both of the Author, and his Writings. The Author Petrus Gyllius, as he stands enroll’d among the Men of Eminency, and Figure in polite Learning, I find to be a Native of Albi, in France. He was in great Reputation in the sixteenth Century, and was look’d upon as a Writer of so good a Taste, and so comprehensive a Genius, that there was scarce any thing in the polite Languages, which had escap’d him. As he had a particular Regard for Men of distinguished Learning, so was he equally honour’d, and esteem’d by them. Francis the First, King of France, the great Patron of Literature, and who was also a good Judge of his Abilities, sent him into Italy, and Greece, to make a Collection of all the choice Manuscripts which had never been printed, but in his Passage it was his Misfortune to be taken by the Corsairs. Some Time after, by the Application and Generosity of Cardinal d’Armanac, he was redeem’d from Slavery. The just Sense this munificent Patron had of his Merit, incited him, when my Author had finish’d more than fourty Years Travels over all Greece, Asia, and the greatest Part of Africa, in the Search of Antiquity, to receive him into his Friendship, and Family; where, while he was digesting, and methodizing his Labours for the Service of the Publick, he dy’d in the Year 1555, and in the 65th Year of his Age.

Although it was his Intention to have published all the Learned Observations he had made in his Travels, yet he liv’d to give us only a Description of the Bosporus, Thrace, and Constantinople, with an Account of the Antiquities of each of those Places. In his Search of what was curious he was indefatigable, and had a perfect Knowledge of it in all its Parts. He had also translated into Latin Theodore’s Commentaries on the Minor Prophets, and sixteen Books of Ælian’s History of Animals. Petrus Belonius is highly reflected upon, in that being his Domestick, and a Companion with him in his Travels, he took the Freedom to publish several of his Works under his own Name: And indeed such a flagrant Dishonesty in acting the Plagiary in so gross a manner, was justly punish’d with the most severe Censures; since it had been Merit enough to have deserv’d the Praises of the Learned World for Publishing such valuable Pieces, with an honourable Acknowledgment of the Author of them.

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IV. The whole View of the Church of Sancta Sophia; from the same.

V. The outside Prospect of that Church; from the same.

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