Thrace (1901 Subjects)
View of the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara. In the foreground the New Castles of Europe and Asia, none of which is preserved today, as well as Sultaniye Castle and Kilitbahir Castle on the European and Asian shores accordingly. In the background Istanbul, and Mount Uludag.
View of Istanbul.
View of the Seraglio Point from Pera (Beyoğlu).
The Sublime Porte at the entrance to the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul.
Plan of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
Northwest view of Hagia Sophia. In the background the Topkapi Palace.
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul from the south.
The central nave of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. View from the narthex.
Interior view of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (from the central nave to the narthex).
Pious Muslim begins his prayer (1) at the call of the Imam (2).
Pious Muslim (3) and Imam (4) kneeling down during their prayers.
Imam and Janissary kneel down to pray.
Pious Muslim and Imam completing their prayers.
View and plan of the Mosque of Sultan Ahmed I in Istanbul.
The Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I.
Plan of the Mosque of Sultan Suleiman I in Istanbul.
The New Mosque in Istanbul.
Portrait of Emperor Constantine I the Great, founder of Constantinople.
The Thracian Bosporus with Constantinople divided into wards.
Map of Istanbul in the year 1422, before its conquest by the Ottomans. (Map from the manuscript by Ch. Buondelmonti).
Plan of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).
View of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).
Plan of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).
Interior view of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).
Plan of Hagioi Apostoloi church, on the site of which the Mosque of Sultan Fatih Mehmet was built. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).
Reliefs from the base of the Obelisk of Theodosius I at the Hippodrome of Constantinople.
The Serpent column at the Hippodrome of Constantinople. The Column of Constantine. The Column of Marcian. All drawings from the work of G. Wheler.
The Column of Arcadius. From Historia Byzantina by Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1680).
Coins of ancient Byzantium.
Costume of the Ottoman Sultan.