The Church of Sancta Sophia Constantinople
Subtitle: A Study of Byzantine Building
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781402183454
Subjects: Art,Culture,Art Study,Architecture,church of Sancta Sophia Constantinople,Byzantine building; Architecture / General; Architecture / Interior Design
First sentence: Byzantium.-Where the narrow swift-flowing Bosporus, which divides Asia from the most eastern part of southern Europe, flows into the Sea of Marmara, a crescent-shaped arm of the sea runs westward into the land, leaving a narrow promontory, which, like the prow of a boat in profile, puts out to the east.