ABC/107 - L’Art de batir chez les Byzantins [The Roman Art of Building]

Identity area

Reference code

ABC/107

Title

L’Art de batir chez les Byzantins [The Roman Art of Building]

Date(s)

  • 1883 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 volume

Context area

Name of creator

(7 Feb 1841–18 Sep 1909)

Biographical history

French architectural historian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Choisy

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

A volume that concentrates on the study of the arched architectural practices (walls, vaults, cupolas, niches, chaining of structures) in the Byzantium. The text is accompanied by numerous illustrations, plans, elevations, and sections, some at scale. Buildings included are: Thermal baths of Hierapolis; Foothills of Saint Sophia, Constantinople; Baths at Nicomedie; Collaterals of St. Sophia, Salonika; Arch of Constantine, Salonika; Basilica of the Trinite, Ephesus; Fortifications of Nicea; Basilica of Saint Dimitri, Salonika; Chapel annexed to the Saint Pantelemon Church, Salonika; Monastery of the Holy Apostles, Salonika; Store in Zograf, Athos; Fireplace at Xenophontos, Athos; Monastery of St. Paul, Athos; Theater of Djerach; Acropolis of Pergamum; Sangarius Bridge; Store at Vatopedi Monastery, Athos; Fireplace at the Monastery of Iviron, Athos; Shelter of a well at the Monastery of Chilandari, Athos; Tombeaud of Saint Dimitri, Salonika; Door under the platform Haram ech Cherif, Jerusalem; Philadelphia Basilica; Baslica Saint George in Sardis; Vestibule of a civil building, Sardis; Tomb of Placidia, Ravenna; Tanks at Nicomedie and Constantinople; Cupolas at Ravenna, Constantinople, Nicea and Damascus; Saint Serge of Constantinople; Rotunda of Minerva Medica, Rome; St. George, Salonika.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • French

Script of material

    Language and script notes

    Physical characteristics and technical requirements

    Good overall condition

    Finding aids

    Allied materials area

    Existence and location of originals

    Existence and location of copies

    Related units of description

    Related descriptions

    Notes area

    Alternative identifier(s)

    Access points

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Name access points

    Genre access points

    Description control area

    Description identifier

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    Status

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Accession area