1938 Miltiadis Nomidis Archaeological Map of Constantinople (Middle Ages)

This is a 1938 Miltiadis Nomidis archaeological map of Constantinople during the Middle Ages. Using official city plans as his base, Nomidis identifies not only churches and monasteries, but cisterns and other Byzantine ruins that don't appear on any previously published maps.

It's In The Details

The amount of detail present here is astonishing. The sheer number of churches, basilicas, monasteries, mosques, and mausoleums identified boggles the mind. The Acropolis and its walls dominate the eastern end of the peninsula. Dashed lines outline the city's numerous forums. The hippodrome is identified as well. The city's extensive walls appear as thick black lines with gaps marking the city gates, each of which is identified by name. The double Theodosian Walls are the most prominently illustrated.

Publication History and Census

This map was created by Miltiadis Nomidis and originally published in 1936. It was subsequently published in French, Greek, and German. The present edition was published in Greece in 1938 by the Imprimerie Képhalidès. We note a single cataloged example of the present edition which is part of the collection of the Library of the Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth. We have located a single known example of the Greek edition in private hands. An empty OCLC record exists for this map, suggesting that a former OCLC member institution created the entry.