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Hagia Sophia
Hey all, I have yet another build and this time it's the great church of Hagia Sophia. The current structure was built after the 6th Century Nika Riots by Emperor Justinian I of the Eastern Roman Empire. Hagia Sophia's construction was spearheaded by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles
who finished their work in 537 CE. For a thousand years, it served as the principal church of the city of Constantinople. Later after the Ottoman occupation of the city, the church was converted into a mosque and most of its artwork was covered up.
This particular version is going to be the basis for a series of Hagia Sophia projects. Currently it features the exterior configuration of the late Justinian Era Hagia Sophia without any additional addons. Later down the line, I will use this to build a 13th Century and a 15th Century Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia during the Justinian period
Hagia Sophia today
Hey all, I have yet another build and this time it's the great church of Hagia Sophia. The current structure was built after the 6th Century Nika Riots by Emperor Justinian I of the Eastern Roman Empire. Hagia Sophia's construction was spearheaded by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles
who finished their work in 537 CE. For a thousand years, it served as the principal church of the city of Constantinople. Later after the Ottoman occupation of the city, the church was converted into a mosque and most of its artwork was covered up.
This particular version is going to be the basis for a series of Hagia Sophia projects. Currently it features the exterior configuration of the late Justinian Era Hagia Sophia without any additional addons. Later down the line, I will use this to build a 13th Century and a 15th Century Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia during the Justinian period
Hagia Sophia today
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Although, I do have to ask. Where do you get your sources from? I've followed your work for some time now (big fan by the way) and I always wondered where you got the model for your Hagia Irene and other structures around Hagia Sophia.
Hagia Sophia:
Procopius - On Buildings
Ekphrasis of Paul the Silentiary
Ken Dark and Jan Kostenec - Hagia Sophia in Perspective
Rowland Mainstone - Hagia Sophia
Natalia Teteriatnikov - Justinianic Mosaics in Hagia Sophia
Plans by Robert Van Nice
Hagia Eirene:
Thomas Matthews - Early Churches of Constantinople
Alexander van Millingen - Byzantine Churches of Constantinople
Wolfgang Muller-Wiener - Bildlexicon zur Topographie Istanbuls (plans by Ernest Mamboury)
Slobodan Curcic - Architecture in the Balkans
Also for the hospital of Sampson there is a brilliant book about byzantine hospitals in general by Timothy Miller - The Birth of the Hospital in the Byzantine Empire
Augustaion:
Constantine Porphyrogenitos - De Ceremoniis (this is one of the main works for the topography of the Great Palace in general)
Nicetas Choniates' History
Cyril Mango - Brazen House
Elena Boeck - The Bronze Horseman of Justinian in Constantinople
Luke Lavan - Public Space in the Late Antique City
This is quite the list already, but if you want sources on other/more specific buildings, let me know! Hope this helps