Saturday, September 06, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA POST
CONSTANTINOPLE- abbreviated. pgs 303-308. capital o ottoman empire. turkish name Istanbul or Stamboul, a corrupt form of greek. end of 18c, corrupted by fanatical fancy into istanbul or 'city of islam'. founded on site of byzantium. blah blah 100 years after constantine 330 enlarged(doubled)it began series of assaults by lans + sea + gates only opened 3 times. varangians, huns 450. huns/slavs 553, persians + avars 626, arabs sophian 668 + moslemeh 717, russians 4 times 865-1043, hungarians in 824, latins 1400's, turks, amurath , mahomet.
CONSULATE OF THE SEA- a celebrated collection of maritime customs + ordinances, the catalan language, published in barselona inlate 15th C. proper title The Book of the Consulate or Lo Libre de Consulat. earliest edition from 1494. in library in paris. Amended version. a more ancient version in sem gothic letters supposedly before 1484. blah blah + 13th C.
CONSTANTINOPLE- abbreviated. pgs 303-308. capital o ottoman empire. turkish name Istanbul or Stamboul, a corrupt form of greek. end of 18c, corrupted by fanatical fancy into istanbul or 'city of islam'. founded on site of byzantium. blah blah 100 years after constantine 330 enlarged(doubled)it began series of assaults by lans + sea + gates only opened 3 times. varangians, huns 450. huns/slavs 553, persians + avars 626, arabs sophian 668 + moslemeh 717, russians 4 times 865-1043, hungarians in 824, latins 1400's, turks, amurath , mahomet.
CONSULATE OF THE SEA- a celebrated collection of maritime customs + ordinances, the catalan language, published in barselona inlate 15th C. proper title The Book of the Consulate or Lo Libre de Consulat. earliest edition from 1494. in library in paris. Amended version. a more ancient version in sem gothic letters supposedly before 1484. blah blah + 13th C.
