ISIDORUS OF MILETUS

ĭzĭdôrˈəs, mīlēˈtəs, name of two architects of the time of Justinian. The elder was associated with Anthemius of Tralles in rebuilding Hagia Sophia, a.d. 532–37; the younger rebuilt the church's dome after its destruction by earthquake, a.d. 553.

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Light from the Ancient Past: The Archeological Background of the Hebrew-Christian Religion
Book by Jack Finegan; Princeton University Press, 1946
...Justinian, with Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus as his master builders. Dedication was...Justinian and the dome somewhat raised by Isidorus the younger, nephew of the other Isidorus. Since that time the Great Church has survived...
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The Arts and Man
Book by Raymond S. Stites; Whittlesey House, McGraw-hill Book Company, Inc., 1940
Subjects: Art--History
...summoned two architects -- Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus -- to build a church that should replace the old...the new Hagia Sophia, constructed by Anthemius and Isidorus between 532 and 537 in Constantinople. The dome...
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Roman Sources of Christian Art
Book by Emerson H. Swift; Columbia University Press, 1951
Subjects: Architecture, Byzantine, Architecture, Roman, Church Decoration And Ornament
...126 ; see also Marbles, colored; Mosaic Ionian culture, 169 Ippel, A., 60 Irbid, synagogue, 21 Isidorus of Miletus, 83 Isidorus the Younger, 83 , 107 ; second dome of Hagia Sophia, 122 , 123 , 124 Isis, cult and temples of, 51 Islam...
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The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its Historic Development
Book by William Bell Dinsmoor, William J. Anderson, R. Phené Spiers; Biblo and Tannen, 1973
Subjects: Architecture--Greece
...chance; for, though working with different elements, Isidorus of Miletus was of the same race, and gifted with the same genius, as his ancestor Daphnis of Miletus. Hagia Sophia at Constantinople piles up in exactly...
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The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its Historic Development
Book by William Bell Dinsmoor; Biblo and Tannen, 1973
Subjects: Architecture--Greece
...chance; for, though working with different elements, Isidorus of Miletus was of the same race, and gifted with the same genius, as his ancestor Daphnis of Miletus. Hagia Sophia at Constantinople piles up in exactly...
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Dictionary of Architecture
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 205, June 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews
...Henrik. It has lots of potted architectural biographies. Almost everyone I can think of seems to be there, from Isidorus of Miletus, who designed the Hagia Sophia with Anthemios of Tralles (for whom there is a separate entry), to the unfortunate...


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Isidorus of Miletus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ISIDORUS OF MILETUS izidor s, mile t s, name of two architects of the time of Justinian. The elder was associated with Anthemius of Tralles in rebuilding...
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Anthemius of Tralles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...6th cent., Greek architect, engineer, and mathematician. By order of Emperor Justinian and with the aid of Isidorus of Miletus, he built (532 37) the magnificent church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople...
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Hagia Sophia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...fireproof, was built in 532 37 by Emperor Justinian from designs of his imperial architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus . As a result of severe earthquakes, the dome collapsed in 558, but it was rebuilt by 563 on a somewhat higher...


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