Constantinople and the Scenery at the Seven Churches of Asia Minor,illustrated in a series of Drawings from Nature by T.Allom with an historical account of Constantinople and description of the plates by the Rev. R.Walsh. 1838 , London/Paris
Excerpt from original source: The town is approached by a long avenue of cypress and poplars, through the vistas of which, the domes and minarets of the mosques are seen shooting up. The background is closed by an amphithratre of hills, circling the rich plain on which the city stands...once purple was its staple commodity. It still carries on an extensive trade in cotton wool, and is still famous for the milesia vellera fucata, which formerly conferresd celebrity upon its neighbouring city. The present population of Ak Hissar amounts to between six and seven thousand inhabitants, of whom 1,500 are Christians of the Greek and Armenian churches, which have each respectively a place of worship. That of the Greeks is very mean, and the earth and numerous graves have so accumulated about it, that it seems half buried, and is approached by a descent of many steps. (II, 42)
Σημειώσεις:
Imprint: T. Allom. S. Fisher. Fisher Son & Co London & Quai de l' Ecole Paris
Constantinople and the Scenery at the Seven Churches of Asia Minor,illustrated in a series of Drawings from Nature by T.Allom with an historical account of Constantinople and description of the plates by the Rev. R.Walsh. 1838 , London/Paris
Excerpt from original source: The town is approached by a long avenue of cypress and poplars, through the vistas of which, the domes and minarets of the mosques are seen shooting up. The background is closed by an amphithratre of hills, circling the rich plain on which the city stands...once purple was its staple commodity. It still carries on an extensive trade in cotton wool, and is still famous for the milesia vellera fucata, which formerly conferresd celebrity upon its neighbouring city. The present population of Ak Hissar amounts to between six and seven thousand inhabitants, of whom 1,500 are Christians of the Greek and Armenian churches, which have each respectively a place of worship. That of the Greeks is very mean, and the earth and numerous graves have so accumulated about it, that it seems half buried, and is approached by a descent of many steps. (II, 42)
Notes:
Imprint: T. Allom. S. Fisher. Fisher Son & Co London & Quai de l' Ecole Paris
Subjects:
Antiquities
Research Center:
Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών/ ΕΙΕ
Research Supervisor:
Ιόλη Βιγγοπούλου
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