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Les Antiquités de Constantinople: Édition en français moderne et illustrée, d'après la description topographique en latin de Pierre Gilles, 1544-1547
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Series: Orient Et Levant, Book 4
Travel WritingAncient History GeneralTurkey & Ottoman Empire History
Publisher Price: $21.99
Publisher: Itinerarium Editions
Published: Jun 25 2026
Pages: 414
Weight: 1.21
Height: 0.92 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
Constantinople, 1544. Quatre-vingt-onze ans après la chute aux mains des Ottomans, la ville se transforme: les églises deviennent mosquées, l'Hippodrome se vide, les colonnes tombent une à une.
C'est dans cette ville en mutation qu'arrive Pierre Gilles, savant d'Albi envoyé par François Ier pour collecter les manuscrits grecs. Quand l'argent royal cesse d'arriver, il s'enrôle dans l'armée de Soliman le Magnifique pour survivre, et consacre trois ans à une mission qu'il s'est donnée lui-même: sauver Constantinople de l'oubli.
Il escalade les murs, mesure les colonnes, fouille les ruines, interroge les jardiniers ottomans sur ce qu'ils ont trouvé en creusant. Colline par colline, il reconstitue les sept collines, Sainte-Sophie, le Palais sacré, l'Hippodrome, les forums et les quartiers byzantins, dialoguant en silence avec les empereurs morts.
Le résultat est la dernière description scientifique de la Constantinople byzantine, juste avant sa disparition. Publié à Lyon en 1561 à titre posthume, ce texte restait inédit en français.
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