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THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA
Abstract
Late Antique Northern Mesopotamia, which was situated at the eastern edge
of the Byzantine Empire, was dotted with important cities such as Edessa (Urfa),
Anastasiopolis (Dara), Amida (Diyarbakır), Martryropolis (Silvan), Constantia
(Viranşehir) and Nisibis (Nusaybin). These cities were wealthy and highly cosmopolitan. As a result, the region had a sophisticated architecture which was by no
means inferior to that found in other parts of the Byzantine Empire. This article
deals with two monumental centralised churches in Northern Mesopotamia, namely the Church of the Virgin at Amida and the Octagon at Constantia. It concentrates
firstly on the Church of the Virgin, which is an aisled-tetraconch church, a familiar
plan type repeated in different parts of the Empire, and secondly on the Octagon at
Constantia which has some unique features but shares the ambulatory design, long
eastern chamber, use of materials and the monumentality with the aisled-tetraconch
at Amida. By contextualising these two churches together, which has not been done
in the past, this paper sheds further light on these neglected structures and reconsiders their reconstructions, dating, dedications and possible prototypes.
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May 1, 2013
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Year 2013 Number: 21
APA
Keser-kayaalp, E. (2013). THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA. OLBA, 21, 393-436. https://izlik.org/JA44FX78EA
AMA
1.Keser-kayaalp E. THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA. OLBA. 2013;(21):393-436. https://izlik.org/JA44FX78EA
Chicago
Keser-kayaalp, Elif. 2013. “THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA”. OLBA, nos. 21: 393-436. https://izlik.org/JA44FX78EA.
EndNote
Keser-kayaalp E (May 1, 2013) THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA. OLBA 21 393–436.
IEEE
[1]E. Keser-kayaalp, “THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA”, OLBA, no. 21, pp. 393–436, May 2013, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA44FX78EA
ISNAD
Keser-kayaalp, Elif. “THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA”. OLBA. 21 (May 1, 2013): 393-436. https://izlik.org/JA44FX78EA.
JAMA
1.Keser-kayaalp E. THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA. OLBA. 2013;:393–436.
MLA
Keser-kayaalp, Elif. “THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA”. OLBA, no. 21, May 2013, pp. 393-36, https://izlik.org/JA44FX78EA.
Vancouver
1.Elif Keser-kayaalp. THE CHURCH OF VIRGIN AT AMIDA AND THE MARTYRIUM AT CONSTANTIA: TWO MONUMENTAL CENTRALISED CHURCHES IN LATE ANTIQUE NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA. OLBA [Internet]. 2013 May 1;(21):393-436. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA44FX78EA