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Constantinople, painted by Warwick Goble, described by Alexander Van Millingen

INDEX

Reading edition

Abimelech, 254

Acœmetæ, 150, 155

Acropolis, 15, 16, 88, 89

Admiralty, 109, 117

Adrianople, 33, 144

Aivan Serai, 54, 102, 115, 119

Alaric, 45, 54

Albanians, 273

Alemanni, 29

Alexander the Great, 13

Ali, 270

Alti Mermer, 37

Amalfi, 161

Ammianus Marcellinus, 25

Anemodulion, 39

Anna Dalassena, 163

Anthemius, Prefect, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 137, 149, 183

Anthemius of Tralles, 180

Aqueduct of Valens, 218

Arabs, 123

Arcadia, 48

Arian, 234

Arius, 35

Armenian Church, 68, 234

Armenians, 211, 234

Athanaric, 34, 35

Athenais, 71, 72

Athyras, 122

Attila, 54, 57, 78, 122

Augustaion, 20

Avars, 120, 123, 155

Bairam, 231, 268

Balat, 111

Basil, 86, 135, 157

Basilica, 27

Basilica Cistern, 218

Basilica Theodosiana, 39

Baths of Achilles, The, 60

Baths of Constantine, 39

Baths of Zeuxippus, 16, 19, 20

Bektash Dervishes, 271

Belgrade, 9

Belisarius, 158

Beshiktash, 84, 114, 116

Blachernæ, 23, 53, 120

Bohemond, 126

Bondelmontius, 137

Bonus, 155

Bronze Horses of Lysippus, 60

Browning, 104

Bucoleon, 94, 96

Bulgaria, 275

Bulgarian Church, 239, 240

Bulgarians, 236, 238, 239, 240, 273

Bury, Professor, 148

Buyuk Tchekmedjé, 122

Buyukderé, 203

Cannæ, 33

Canning, Sir Stratford, 200, 250

Capitol, 21, 62

Capitoline Hill, 193

Capitulations, 265

Carthage, 54, 57

Cassim Pasha, 114, 116

Cassius, 4

Chæronea, 149

Chalcedon, 84

Chalons, 272

Charles Martel, 148

Chichli, 202

Christmas, 269

Chrysopolis, 12

Chrysostom, 45, 47, 55, 60, 69

Churches— S. Agnes, 174 All Saints, 136 Anastasia, 36 S. Barbara, 89 S. Demetrius, 141 S. Diomed, 99 Forty Martyrs, 136 S. George (Soulou Monastir), 99 S. George Mangana, 89, 141 Holy Apostles, 21, 24, 26, 35, 69, 138, 139, 140, 148, 168, 189 S. Irene, 20, 48, 88, 141, 147, 148, 174, 186 S. John Studies, 99, 150, 152, 154, 172, 186 S. Mamas, 84 S. Mark’s of Venice, 60, 190 S. Mary of Blachernæ, 69, 110, 120 S. Mary Hodegetria, 69, 89, 141, 167 S. Mary Mouchliotissa, 146 S. Mary Pammacaristos, 110, 139, 146, 164, 168, 189, 190 S. Mary Panachrantes, 189 S. Mary Peribleptos, 99 S. Mokius, 136 S. Peter in Galata, 167 S.S. Peter and Mark, 110 S.S. Peter and Paul, 157, 158 S. Saviour-in-the-Chora, 149, 162, 166, 167, 168, 188, 189, 190, 191 S. Saviour Pantepoptes, 110, 116, 162, 163, 191 S. Saviour Pantocrator, 110, 162, 164, 190, 191 S.S. Sergius and Bacchus, 92, 96, 155, 157, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 184, 186 S. Sophia, 26, 27, 47, 60, 79, 82, 93, 111, 135, 138, 139, 148, 155, 159, 162, 171, 180, 181, 182, 184, 185, 186, 187, 191, 218, 228 S. Theodore, 93 S. Theodore Tyrone, 190, 191 S. Theodosia, 110, 166, 167, 168 S. Vitale at Ravenna, 177, 178, 180

Circassians, 266

Clavijo, 132

Code of Justinian the Great, 65

Code of Theodosius II., 64, 65

Column of Claudius Gothicus, 47

Column of Marcus Aurelius, 38

Column of Trajan, 38

Constantine the Eparch, 58, 59, 77

Coptic Church, 68, 234

Council of Chalcedon, 68

Council of Ephesus, 68

Count Robert of Paris, 126

Crum, 120, 123, 153

Custom House, 207, 211

Cyril, 160

Cyrus, Prefect, 57, 58, 60, 61, 77

Dancing Dervishes, 270

Dandolo, Doge Henrico, 60, 87, 106, 114, 115, 116, 163

Dardanelles, 203

Darius I., 13, 224

De Amicis, 195

Delphi, 22

Demophilus, 36

Dionysius, 155

Dockyard, 109

Ducange, 132

Ducas, 168

Easter, 269

Easter Monday, 211

Eleutherius, 21

Emperors— Alexius I. Comnenus, 106, 126, 127, 163 Alexius V. Ducas, Murtzuphlus, 38, 116, 163 Andronicus II. Palæologus, 192 Andronicus III. Palæologus, 85 Arcadius, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 55 Baldwin I., 127, 164 Basil I., 99, 135, 157 Basil II., 85, 100, 124 Claudius Gothicus, 14. 47 Constantine the Great, 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 31, 43, 44, 61, 64, 83, 88, 91 Constantine IV. Pogonatus, 98 Constantine V. Copronymus, 124 Constantine XII. Dragases, 129, 130 Constantius II., 25, 26, 27 Diocletian, I, 7, 8, 9 Heraclius, 87, 98, 120, 124, 155 Honorius, 42, 50 Isaac I. Comnenus, 151 Isaac II. Angelus, 115 John I. Zimisces, 94, 95, 100, 124, 160 John II. Comnenus, 163 John V. Cantacuzene, 168 John VI. Palæologus, 136 Julian, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32 Justinian the Great, 89, 94, 96, 109, 135, 148, 155, 156, 158, 178, 185, 189 Justin II., 30 Leo III. the Isaurian, 148 Leo V. the Armenian, 10, 12 Leo VI. the Wise, 85 Licinius, 12, 15 Manuel Comnenus, 85, 119, 126 Marcian, 71, 78 Michael VII. Ducas, 151 Michael VIII. Palæologus, 85, 97, 106 Nero, 1 Nicephorus Phocas, 94, 100 Phocas, 87, 98 Septimius Severus, 13, 16, 98 Theodosius the Great, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 148 Theodosius II., 39, 40, 49, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 78, 84, 101, 118 Theophilus, 85, 86, 124 Trajan, 26 Valens, 31, 32, 33

Empress Dominica, 33 Eudocia, 72, 73, 74 Eudoxia, 45, 48, 77 Sophia, 30 Theophano, 94

Epiphany, 269

Eubulus, 88

Eutropius, 45

Eutychius, 71

Exakionion, 37

Exarch, 239

Exokionion, 36, 37, 149

Exokionitæ, 36

Eyoub, 111, 113, 114

Factions, 41, 58, 75

Field of the Witnesses, 223, 224

Fortress of the Seven Towers, 140

Forum of Arcadius, 49

Forum of Theodosius, 38, 49

Forum of Theodosius I., 49

Forum of Trajan, 25

Forum Romanum, 3

Fountain of Sultan Achmed III., 218

Fourteen Wards, 23

Fourth Crusade, 38, 87, 106, 113, 123, 126, 127, 163

Frederic, Cardinal, 161

Gainas, 45, 46

Galata, 23, 84, 108, 195

Galata Bridge, 105, 202

Gates— Achour Kapoussi, 83 Adrianople, 183 Ancient Gate, 17, 36, 37 Beautiful Gate of S. Sophia, 162 Charisius, 123, 129 Daoud Pasha Kapoussi, 83, 96 Deïrmen Kapoussi, 86, 89 Edirne Kapoussi, 128 Egri Kapou, 23, 119 Eugenius, 102 Golden Gate, 39, 40, 77, 124, 140, 149, 202 Isa Kapoussi, 37 Jesus, 17 Kerkoporta, 130 Kiretch Kapoussi, 102 Narli Kapoussi, 151 Odoun Kapan Kapoussi, 109 Rhegium, 59, 77 S. Æmilianus, 83, 96 S. Romanus, 123, 128 Tchatlady Kapou, 94 Top Kapoussi, 123, 128 Xylokerkou, 77 Yali Kiosk Kapoussi, 102 Yeni Mevlevi Khaneh Kapoussi, 59 Zindan Kapoussi, 106

Gennadius, 138, 139

Genoa, 88, 107, 108, 128, 129

Genoese Castle, 224

Genseric, 54

George the Despot of Servia, 86

Geysa I., 163

Gibbon, 3, 193

Giustiniani, 129, 130

Gladstone, Mr., 125

Godfrey of Bouillon, 126, 163

Goths, 6, 14, 33, 34, 35, 49

Great Palace, 94

Great Powers, 271, 274, 275

Greece, 275

Greek Orthodox Church, 238, 239, 240, 271

Greeks, 236, 240, 273

Gregorian Armenian, 271

Gregory of Nyssa, 67

Gregory of Nazianzus, 36

Harbour of Eleutherius, 21, 42, 98

Harbour of Julian or New Harbour, 30, 87, 96

Harbour of Kaisarius, 97

Harbour of the Kontoscalion, 96

Harbour of Sophia, 30, 87

Harbour of Theodosius I., 98

Harrison, Mr. Frederic, 95

Haskeui, 111, 114

Hassan, 270

Hebdomon, 57

Heraclea, 14

Herodotus, 224

Hippodrome, 16, 19, 20, 22, 30, 40, 41, 58, 60, 61, 77, 87, 92, 96, 134, 136, 151, 171

Hodgkin, Dr., 11

Holy Well, 110

Hormisdas, 24, 26

Hospital of Sampson, 88

Howling Dervishes, 229, 270

Hugo of Saint Paul, 127

Humbert, Cardinal, 160, 161

Huns, 33, 55, 78, 122, 149, 206

Hussein, 270

Iconoclast, 152

Imarets, 231

Imperial Palace, 136

Imperial Treasury, 199

Indjili Kiosk, 89

Inner Bridge, 17, 10l, 109, 115, 202

Isidorus of Miletus, 180, 183

Janissaries, 225

Kadikeui, 83, 85

Kadriga Limani, 30, 87

Koran, 242

Kurds, 211, 266

Kutzo-Wlachs, 240

La Broquière, 137

Lake of Derkos, 218

Latin Crusaders, 138

Layard, Sir Henry, 196

Lazes, 266

Leontius, 71, 72

Libanius, 29

Louis of Blois and Chartres, 127

Lycus, 129, 131

Macedonia, 239, 240

Mahomet, 111, 162, 232, 267

Mangana, 89

Mardonius, 27

Marina, 48

Mary Ducæna, 163

Maximus, 39

Mecca, 266, 267

Medina, 267

Megara, 12

Methodius, 160

Milan, 8

Milion, 20

Mir-Akhor Djamissi, 150

Mithridates, 13

Modestius, Prefect, 31

Monastery of Hormisdas, 159

Mosaic Mosque, 149

Mosques:— Aivas Effendi, 126 Atik Mustapha Pasha Djamissi, 110 Eski Imaret Djamissi, 110, 162 Eyoub, 224 Fethiyeh Djamissi, 166 Gul Djamissi, 110, 166 Isa Kapoussi Mesdjidi, 17, 149 Kahriyeh Djamissi, 110, 149, 162 Kutchuk Aya Sofia, 155, 175 Shahzadè, 190 Suleiman the Magnificent, 109, 190 Sultan Achmed, 20, 93, 191 Sultan Mehemet, 21, 31, 148, 190 Sultan Selim, 49, 190 Tulbenkdji Djamissi, 97 Zeirek Kilisse Djamissi, 162

Mount Olympus, 91

Museum of the Janissary Costumes, 199

Naissus, 9

Naval Hospital, 109

Neorion or Dockyard of the Heptascalon, 97

Nestorian Church, 234, 271

Nestorius, 71, 73, 67

New Style, 269

New Year’s Day, 269

Nicephorus Gregoras, 168

Nicomedia, 9, 24, 27

Night of Power, The, 228

Nika, 148

Nisch, 9

Normans, 106

Odessa, 239

Okmeidan, 109

Old Style, 269

Ortakeui, 202

Ostrogoths, 46

Othman, 11, 199

Pachymeres, 97, 168

Palace of— Blachernæ, 54, 110, 114, 119, 126, 136 Diocletian, 171 Dolma Bagtche, 114 Mangana, 89 Porphyrogenitus, 118, 119

Palatine, 93

Pantheon, 179, 187

Pardoe, Miss, 197

Parthenon, 79

Patriarch Jeremiah, 141 John the Faster, 158 Michael Keroularius, 161

Paulicians, 153

Paulinus, 72, 73, 74

Pausanias, 13

Pera, 102, 108, 202

Persia, 6, 28, 124

Persians, 22, 266

Pescennius Niger, 13

Peter the Hermit, 126, 163

Phanar, 49, 110, 115, 116, 146

Philip of Macedon, 13, 88

Philopation, 89

Phrantzes, 168

Pisans, 107

Platæa, 13

Pope Gregory the Great, 157 Gregory XIII., 269 Pope John VIII., 157 Vigilius, 158, 159

Prison of Anemas, 120

Proclus, 41

Procopius, 32

Psamatia, 17, 99, 150, 172

Public Fountains, 217

Public Granaries, The, 60

Pulcheria, 48, 69, 70, 72, 73

Ramazan, 228, 231, 243, 259, 268

Ravenna, 8

Robert of Normandy, 126

Roumania, 275

Roumanians, 236, 273

Roumeli Hissar, 215, 223

Rufinus, 45

Russia, 275

Sacred Palace, 171

Samson, 233

Samson Agonistes, 232

San Stefano, 114

Saracens, 107, 111, 124

Sardica, 6

Sarmatians, 6

Scutari, 12, 84, 114

Second General Council, 37

Senate House, 20, 29, 60

Seraglio Lighthouse, 15

Seraglio Point, 14, 15, 48, 81, 83, 84, 85, 88, 90, 91, 106, 138, 199, 219, 224

Serpent Column, 22

Servia, 275

Servians, 236, 240, 273

Seven Towers, 81

Sheik-ul-Islam, 142, 224

Shiites, 270

Sigma, 30

Simon, 154

Simplicius, 48

Singidunum, 9

Sophia, 9, 36

Spalato, 171

Stanley, Dean, 11

Strategion, 23

Studius, 150, 151, 172

Sultan Abdul Azis, 224

Abdul Medjid, 90

Bajazet II., 38

Mahomet, 199

Mehemet the Conqueror, 90, 113, 123, 128, 142, 143, 145, 162, 223

Murad, 123, 224

Selim I., 141

Suleiman the Magnificent, 141

Sunnites, 270

Sweet Waters of Asia, 255, 260

Sweet Waters of Europe, 111, 113, 255, 260

Swiatoslaf, 124

Symeon, 123

Syrian Jacobites, 271

Tancred, 126

Tartars, 266

Taxim, 211

Tekfour Serai, 53, 118

Temple Bar, 17

Temple of Jupiter, 193

Temple of the Winds, 39

Themistius, 26, 43, 137

Theodora, 94, 176

Theodore, 152, 153, 154

Theodore Metochites, 150

Theodoric the Great, 177

Theodosian Wall, 77, 118

Therapia, 203

Thermæ of Arcadia, 48, 89

Thessalonica, 9

Torcello, 175

Tours, 148

Tower of Galata, 102, 107

Tower of Isaac Angelus, 120, 126, 135, 136

Trajan, 26

Troy, 9

Turcomans, 266

Tzycanisterion, 90

Ulfilas, 45

University of Constantinople, 62, 63, 77

Validé, Khan, 270

Validé, Sultana, 250

Vandals, 57

Varangian troops, 127

Vefa Meidan, 190

Venice, 60, 88, 106, 108, 114, 128

Vienna, 205

Ville-Hardouin, 114, 127, 134

Visigoths, 45

Vladimir, 159

Vlanga, 17, 88, 134

Vlanga Bostan, 42, 83, 98, 99

Wheler, 50

White, Colonel, 196, 197

Xenophon, 88

Xerolophus, 49, 69

Yeri Batan Serai, 27, 218

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