https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=367 Numéros fr mer., 23 oct. 2019 09:04:34 +0200 sam., 13 déc. 2025 13:24:58 +0100 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=367 0 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=237 Les tours 18 à 63 du rempart terrestre de Constantinople-Istanbul portent les restes d’inscriptions formées de lettres en briques maçonnées. Elles contiennent les noms de Léon III et Constantin V (720-741), les grands vainqueurs de la bataille d’Akroinon en 740. Elles témoignent de la restauration d’urgence effectuée après le séisme d’octobre 740. Mais ces inscriptions, toutes maçonnées entre fin 740 et 743, révèlent aussi l’importance de la propagande impériale véhiculée par les deux premiers empereurs iconoclastes, qui n’ont pas hésité à exploiter la victoire d’Akroinon pour mettre en avant leur programme politique. Enfin, les dernières inscriptions ne comportent que le nom de Constantin V accompagné du titre « porphyrogénète », dont il s’agit du premier témoignage épigraphique. Celui-ci atteste de la volonté de Constantin V de souligner sa légitimité peu après la rébellion de son beau-frère Artavasde. Constantinople-Istanbul land wall towers 18 to 63 bear writings remains of brick masonry letters. They include the names of Leo III and Constantine V (720-741), the great victors of the battle of Akroinon in 740. They reflect the emergency restoration carried out after the earthquake of October 740. But these inscriptions, built between the end of 740 and 743, also show the imperial propaganda importance conveyed by the first two iconoclastic emperors, who did not hesitate to exploit the Akroinon victory to emphasize their political program. Finally, the last inscriptions contain only the name of Constantine V with the title “porphyrogenete”, which is the first epigraphic testimony. It attests to Constantine V desire to emphasize its legitimacy after the rebellion of his brother-in-law Artavasde. mer., 25 avril 2018 12:02:52 +0200 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=237 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=337 mer., 19 juin 2019 10:12:22 +0200 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=337 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=368 mer., 23 oct. 2019 09:05:45 +0200 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=368 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=480 The Galata Tower has been witness to many historical events and has gone through multiple architectural phases over the course of its long life. Its Genoese origins began to receive scholarly attention particularly in the late eighteenth century and especially during the nineteenth century. In the meantime, a consensus was reached about the history and architecture of the tower’s Genoese period. However, this consensus was based on a few primary sources without any comprehensive approaches nor in-depth investigation. The tower’s erroneous name, “Tower of Christ” (Christea Turris), during its Genoese period is perhaps the most widespread assumption in the secondary literature. A first construction by Anastasios I and a heightening around 1445/1446 are further related misconceptions that all three arguments were derived from a single, though irrelevant inscription. Despite the popularity of Galata as a research topic, these misconceptions have become anonymous and continuously repeated without being questioned. Moreover, slightly different arguments for the tower were put forward. When compared to later periods of the monument, the former name of the tower, its alleged Byzantine past, and especially the Genoese architectural identity of the present structure remain rather ambiguous in the light of all the arguments in the literature. For these reasons, this article presents a fundamental reevaluation for the Genoese period of the Galata Tower through virtually all of the primary sources and a small architectural survey. This article shows that there is no solid evidence of the supposed Byzantine period of the tower; that it was named as the “Tower of the Holy Cross” (Turris Sancte Crucis) by the Genoese who built it, and its first structural alteration was probably executed by the Ottomans around 1453. mer., 08 déc. 2021 09:43:23 +0100 https://lodel.appli.univ-poitiers.fr:443/in-scription/index.php?id=480