Byzantine Architecture; Illustrated By Examples Of Edifices Erected In The East During The Earliest Ages Of Christianity. With Historical & Archaeological Descriptions. By Charles Texier, Member Of The Institute Of France; Honorary Fellow Of The Royal Institute Of British Architects, And Of The Royal Academy Of Sciences, Munich; And R. Popplewell Pullan, Esq., F.R.I.B.A. Architect To The Budrum Expedition; Agent For The Dilettanti Society In Asia Minor.
Byzantine Architecture Illustrated By A Series Of The Earliest Christian Edifices In The East
Imprint
London:: Day & Son, Lithographers To The Queen And To H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales, 6, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., 1864.
Physical Description
x, 218 p., 70 [i.e. 69] pl. (incl. frontis. = add. engr. t.pl.): illus.; 427 mm.
General Note
Page 'x' is misnumbered 'vi'. Pl. 18-19 is one double plate; as is pl. 69-70. There are bis pl. 60.
Contents
[Pl.1. = frontis. or add. engr. t.pl.] - [T.p.] - Preface; Errata - Byzantine Architecture. Contents - List Of Plates; List Of Wood Engravings - [Text, with pl.] - Explanation Of The Plates; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
All plates are signed as drawn by C. Texier, except pl. 1, 54, 56, 62. All are signed as directed by R.P. Pullan, except pl. 1, 26, 54.
Each plate carries the publishers' imprint of Day & Son, Lithographers, except pl. 1, 26, 54.
The printers' names are given in the colophon: 'Cox & Wyman, Printers, Great Queen Street, London, W.C.'
References
On 19th-century interest in Romanesque see M.P. Dristel, Representing belief: religion, art and society in nineteenth-century France (1992); C. Mignot, Architecture of the nineteenth century in Europe (1984); D. Talbot Rice, The appreciation of Byzantine art (1972).
Summary Note
The added engraved title (listed as 'Plate I. Frontispiece') reads: 'Byzantine Architecture Illustrated By A Series Of The Earliest Christian Edifices In The East. By Charles Texier, And R. Popplewell Pullan. London. Published By Day & Son, Lithographers To The Queen & H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales.' A French version of the work ('L'Architecture byzantine') was published in London in the same year.
One of Texier and Pullan's aims in publishing this book was to scotch the notion that Gothic was 'the only veritable Christian architecture'. Their book was one of the first scholarly accounts of the architecture of the eastern Roman Empire, and marks an increasing interest in Romanesque architecture and art. In the 19th century it was followed by studies by Vogüe, Cattaneo, Lethaby, Swainson and the Fossati brothers. More exact and thorough accounts began with R.W. Schultz and S. Barnsley's publication on the monastery churches of Hosios Lucas in 1901.
More than half the plates show churches in Thessaloníce; the rest show buildings in Turkey, the Middle East, France and Italy, as follows: 1. Constantinople; 2. Kefeli near Baghdad; 3. Perga, Asia Minor; Dana; 4. Urgub; 5. Urgub; Cavesus (Lebanon); 6-7. Laodicea; 8-9. Ostia; 10. Riez; 11. Aix; Vernegue; 12-13. Vernegue; 14. Vienne; 15. Perga, Nîmes; 16. Trebizond; 17-55. Thessaloníce; 56. Broussa; 57. Constantinople; 58. Myra; 59-60. Dana; 60A-68 Trebizond; 69-70 various locations (inscriptions). They show plans, sections, elevations and views of buildings; architectural details, mosaics and inscriptions. The following are printed in full colour: 1, 5, 15, 16, 26, 30-34, 40, 41, 65, 66.
Binding Note
19th-century quarter black morocco, black cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Byzantine Architecture - Texier & Pullan'.
Subject
Architecture, Romanesque - Architecture, Byzantine - Architecture details - Mosaics - Inscriptions, Greek - Churches - Greece - Thessaloníce - Turkey - Trabzon - Syria - Lebanon - Mediterranean Region - History
Christian art and symbolism
Art history - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Colour printing - Great Britain - 19th century