Readership: Classical and Byzantine archaeologists and historians, especially those working on Early Byzantine Constantinople; epigraphists; prosopographers and sigillographers.
Jonathan Bardill, Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology, University of Newcastle
"Exemplary in may respects ... In addition to a very careful and well-illustrated corpus of stamped bricks, this book, through its analyses of construction styles and the constant reference to historical facts, offers in fact the chronology of all the architectural remains known in Constantinople from Constantine to Heraclius and even of some others later still. It recounts the history of building in Constantinople between the 4th and the 7th century, highlighting the phases of development and stagnation. It contains many new and stimulating insights." - Professor Jean-Pierre Sodini
"[A]n exemplary two-volume set ... the clarity of the catalogue and illustrations could not be bettered. ... [A] meticulous demonstration of how to cope with such difficult evidence. ... [A] useful survey of the development of late Roman Constantinople. ... B[ardill] has ... provided excellent service to all those interested in the early history of Constantinople." - Professor Michael Whitby, Classical Review
"The author is to be thanked for a valiant attempt to make sense of a complex issue, and for emphasizing the value of the archaeological evidence in the assessment of our capital city." - Byzantinische Zeitschrift
Volume 1: Text and Catalogue Part 1: Bricks and the Construction Industry 1: Constantinopolitan bricks and brickstamps 2: The interpretation and purpose of Constantinopolitan brickstamps 3: Stamping, storage, and supply 4: Construction in Constantinople and the beginning and end of brickstamping. Part 2: The Chronology of Constantinopolitan Brickstamps 5: Towards establishing a chronology 6: Dated sites 7: Undated sites 8: Analysis of brickstamps and bricks from the sites discussed in chapters VI-VII 9: Dating the sites discussed in chapters VI-VII on the basis of the brickstamps 10: Further stylistic analysis 11: Analysis of brickstamps from selected remaining sites 12: Conclusion Part 3: The Catalogue 13: The Sources of the Information included in the catalogue 14: The organisation of the catalogue The Catalogue Indexes Site-plans and photographs of momuments Volume 2: Plates
