September 16, 2020 – "Late Voyage to Constantinople"
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Title
September 16, 2020 – "Late Voyage to Constantinople"
Subject
Tufts University. Tisch Library. Special Collections
Description
In the news since 532 CE, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Commissioned by the emperor Justinian, for nearly a thousand years it was the world's largest Christian cathedral. It was converted to a mosque in 1453, and turned into a museum in 1935. In 2020 it reopened as a mosque.
These views are by artist & traveler Guillaume-Joseph Grelot, published in his "Late Voyage to Constantinople" (London, 1683), after the French edition of 1680, dedicated to Louis XIV. Grelot sought to convince the French monarch of the beauty and importance of Constantinople, and to relay useful diplomatic intelligence, while securing the king's patronage, support vital to artists and scholars of the time.
These views are by artist & traveler Guillaume-Joseph Grelot, published in his "Late Voyage to Constantinople" (London, 1683), after the French edition of 1680, dedicated to Louis XIV. Grelot sought to convince the French monarch of the beauty and importance of Constantinople, and to relay useful diplomatic intelligence, while securing the king's patronage, support vital to artists and scholars of the time.
Creator
Christopher Barbour
Source
Instagram: @Tisch Library
Publisher
Tufts University. Tisch Library.
Date
September 16, 2020
Contributor
Anna Minasyan
Format
Image/jpg
Language
eng
Type
Image
Coverage
2020
17th Century
Citation
Christopher Barbour, “September 16, 2020 – "Late Voyage to Constantinople",” Tufts Libraries Omeka, accessed April 29, 2024, https://omeka.library.tufts.edu/items/show/5283.