Stephen Hill
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
342
1996
The architecture of the great 'Domed Basilicas' of 6th-century Constantinople Hagia Sophia above all continues to be a source of wonder but its origins and evolutions remain unclear. In the absence of late 5th-century monuments from the capital the churches of Cilicia and Isauria in southern Asia Minor can serve as indicators for the patterns that were developing. These regions have a dense concentration of surviving early monuments especially from the reign of the Isaurian emperor Zeno (474-91) and the Isaurians were famed for their building skills.
Ashgate Variorum
Hardback
342
1996
The architecture of the great 'Domed Basilicas' of 6th-century Constantinople Hagia Sophia above all continues to be a source of wonder but its origins and evolutions remain unclear. In the absence of late 5th-century monuments from the capital the churches of Cilicia and Isauria in southern Asia Minor can serve as indicators for the patterns that were developing. These regions have a dense concentration of surviving early monuments especially from the reign of the Isaurian emperor Zeno (474-91) and the Isaurians were famed for their building skills.