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folks just look at these absolutely charming Nativity-themed Ottoman Armenian miniatures from a 1678 hymnal made by the priest Yakob Pēligratc‘i in Constantinople: left, the Annunciation, with Ottoman floral motif; right, the Magi, cute little domes behind (Walters Ms. W.547):
Some more and very rare slice of life concepts of Constantinople from the AC Revelations artbook ❤️
#ACTheMoreYouKnow
La Corne d'Or (Constantinople), 1907
Paul Signac (français, 1863 - 1935)
3 octobre 610 : Le général Héraclius prend le pouvoir à Constantinople.
3 octobre 2019 : La pharaonne Hatchepsout conserve le pouvoir en librairie.
Café in Constantinople, Alexandre Bida, 1847 https://t.co/KJHfj1hkig #clevelandartmuseum #cmadrawings
@GuyLongworth Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky’s Ship on Stormy Seas or Constantinople - can’t pick only one!
The Crusaders' entry into Constantinople, 12th April 1204, 1840 (oil on canvas), 1840 #delacroix #eugenedelacroix
Café in Constantinople, Alexandre Bida , 1847 https://t.co/KJHfj1hkig #cmaopenaccess #museumarchive
More good history with @JemDuducu via @NEONpodcast Braveheart
Medieval battles entry43&44
Constantinople fall strategic use of cannons in May
By July England discovers their efficiency
In 1450 at Formigny Fremch had started 1st handguns: culverin/couleuvrine (sort of)
Second Ecumenical Council of Constantinople, 1876 #vasilysurikov #russianart
"If you've a girl in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Istanbul"
#TheUmbrellaAcademy :^)
The purpose was to reclaim Sicily from the Arabs. Despite initial success, quarrels & desertions followed. Maniaces was recalled. He proclaimed emperor, but died in a skirmish while marching towards Constantinople. This campaign inspired Normans for the future conquest of Sicily.
The French knights of the Fourth Crusade after the fall of Constantinople, having some religious & aesthetics consciousness, spare and kept some luxuriously decorated relics. On the contrary their Flemish & German colleagues melted theirs to extract the golden parts, diamonds etc
Ibn al-Athir (d. 1233) on the Fourth Crusade & the Latin Conquest of Constantinople in 1204
https://t.co/eqtt9DGhZ2
Istanbul not Constantinople.
Number five is my spirit animal?? Thanks #netflix for giving us #TheUmbrellaAcademy , love it and can't wait for Season 2!
A View of Constantinople and the Bosphorus, 1876, 'Ernest Karl Eugen Koerner'.
2/2 Women of Alexandria gathered to hear the preaching of Saint Mark. By Gentile Bellini, 1505. Had never been to Egypt, but had been to Constantinople! And today is his day.
1866: 1er voyage en Amérique organisé par J-M Cook.
1872: 1er tour du monde pdt 222 jours. Les touristes vont aux États-Unis, Japon (Yokohama, Nagasaki, Osaka, Kobe, Yedo), Chine (Shanghai, HK), Inde, Malaisie, Egypte, Jerusalem, Baalbek, Constantinople...
Pub.1893,1924, 1870
Antoine Helbert's drawings of Byzantine architecture and townscapes of Constantinople are absolutely gorgeous. https://t.co/8tN2Xy0SSj