Maestranze sec. II , Sarcofago detto di Sant'Irene//Sarcofago di Costanzo II
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
106708
OBJECT
Sarcofago detto di Sant'Irene//Sarcofago di Costanzo II
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. IV, seconda metà
350 - 399
LOCATIONS
Museo Archeologico , Istanbul (Turchia)
Chiesa di S. Irene, Istanbul (Turchia)
- 1916
NOTES
Foto sup 3116, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Exterior of S.a Irene. Costantinople. / This large red porphyry sarc. came from the church of the Apostles, where / the Emperors were buried. By some it is called the tomb of Costantine the Great, / but more likely it belonged to some individual of his family. / Altho' Constantine was canonized and called Isapostolos, his sarc. was placed in the vestibule / of S.S. Apostles, to show his inferiority to them. / [...] / Dethier makes out that 18 sarcs. were lodged in the Heroon of Constantine / and 17 in that of Justinian outside the church of the S.S. Apostles. / They were covered with silver plaques mounted with precious stones, and / contained jewels and treasure. They have all disappeared, unless the / [...] tombs...".
