Construction : a journal for the architectural engineering and contracting interests of Canada (1913)
Macdonald, Ivan S, McLean, Robert Craik, Reed, Frederick, Keith, Fraser Sanderson, 1878-, Toutloff, M. B · Toronto : Consolidated Press · leaf 101
inian down to the sack and destructionof Constantinople—1204—the empire was continu-ally engaged in warfare, endeavoring to hold itselftogether and at the same time prevent the Vandals,Goths, Saracens, Persians, Slavs and Russians fromcapturing the city. For centuries art received… … with little pride and affection. But all of this be-came changed. During the tenth, eleventh andtwelfth centuries the splendor of Constantinople wasbeyond comprehension. Customs duties amountedto twenty thousand pieces of silver daily and therulers accumulated large fortunes in spite of…
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