List by Edwin Freshfield of churches etc. in Constantinople
Reference code
FRC
Title
List by Edwin Freshfield of churches etc. in Constantinople
Date
c. 1890
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Two unbound sections, punched and held by green ribbon, in a grey folder.
Oblong folio.
Oblong folio.
Scope and content
List of Christian churches and other buildings in Constantinople by Edwin Freshfield, LL.D, VPSA (d. 1918). For the compiler see Proc., 2nd ser., 31 (1918-19), 184-5 (obituary). Said in a covering letter to have been written for the late Dean of St Paul's (the Rev. Richard William Church, d. 1890). Two sections:- (1) Mostly churches and monasteries. Numbered 1-31. Information given includes Turkish and Christian names, probable dates, descriptions of buildings, mosaics and other decoration, tombs, etc.;- (2) Columns, palaces, walls, cisterns, etc. Lettered in Greek, alpha-omega. With similar information.
Creator
Freshfield, Edwin (1832-1918), solicitor and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/829
Archival history
Presented by the compiler, March 1891 (covering letter, 9 March 1891).