Contents:
page IX PRESENTAZIONE
XI PREMESSA
XIII PREFACE
XV CONTENTS
XIX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
XXIII INTRODUCTION
1 CHAPTER I - AN INTRODUCTION TO IASOS
7 1.1. HISTORY AND PRIMARY SOURCES
7 1.1.1. From its founding to the Late Antique period
11 1.1.2. Late Antique and Byzantine periods
14 1.2. TRAVELERS AND SCHOLARS IN IASOS IN MODERN TIMES: A HISTORY OF RESEARCH AND EXCAVATION
16 1.3. ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE
25 CHAPTER II - THE BASILICA OF THE AGORA
28 2.1. BUILDING PHASES PRECEDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BASILICA: DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
28 2.1.1. Naiskos 'a aedicula'
32 2.1.2. The apsidal structure under the north aisle of the basilica
38 2.2. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA
38 2.2.1. Architectural description and analysis
38 2.2.1.1. Description
43 2.2.1.2. Analysis
51 2.2.2. Architectural and liturgical elements: description and analysis
51 2.2.2.1. Column bases
54 2.2.2.2. Column capitals
54 I. Ionic impost capitals
59 II. Impost capitals
61 2.2.2.3. Pillars
61 2.2.2.4. Pilaster
61 2.2.2.5. Corbels
64 2.2.2.6. Closure slab
67 2.2.2.7. Fragments of a wall revetment
69 2.2.2.8. Liturgical elements
69 I. Fragments of an octagonal ambo base
72 II. Fragments of an octagonal ambo platform
72 III. Staircase block
82 2.2.2.9. Varia
82 2.2.3. Floor decoration
82 2.2.3.1. Marble floors in opus sectile
84 2.2.3.2. Mosaic floors
85 2.3. ANNEXES: DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
87 2.4. THE MIDDLE BYZANTINE CHURCH
87 2.4.1. Architectural description and analysis
91 2.4.2. Architectural and liturgical elements: description and analysis
91 2.4.2.1. Impost capital
91 2.4.2.2. Epistyle
99 2.5. DEVELOPMENT OF A NECROPOLIS IN THE AREA OF THE BASILICA
99 2.6. CONCLUSIONS
103 CHAPTER III - THE BASILICA OF THE ACROPOLIS
105 3.1. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA
105 3.1.1. Architectural description and analysis
105 3.1.1.1. Description
113 3.1.1.2. Analysis
118 3.1.2. Architectural and liturgical elements: description and analysis
118 3.1.2.1. Column bases
118 3.1.2.2. Column capitals
118 I. Ionic capital
124 II. Impost capital
124 3.1.2.3. Closure slabs
129 3.1.2.4. Components of an ambo
129 I. Fragments of an ambo platform
133 II. Fragments of stringboards
136 3.1.2.5. Altar base
137 3.1.2.6. Mensa
137 3.1.2.7. Fragments of a ciborium arch
140 3.1.2.8. Fragments of crosses
140 3.1.3. Mosaic floors: description and analysis
147 3.2. DEVELOPMENT OF A NECROPOLIS IN THE AREA OF THE BASILICA
147 3.3. THE TETRACONCH CHURCH
147 3.3.1. Architectural description and analysis
156 3.3.2. Architectural elements: description and analysis
156 3.3.2.1. Fragments of an architrave
157 3.4. CONCLUSIONS
163 CHAPTER IV - THE UNEXCAVATED CHURCHES OF IASOS
165 4.1. THE INTRA-MURAL CHURCHES
165.1.1. The church next to the city walls
166 4.1.2. The church near the theater
169 4.2. THE EXTRA-MURAL CHURCHES
169 4.2.1. The basilica near the Balık Pazarı
169 4.2.1.1. Architectural description and analysis
177 4.2.1.2. Architectural elements: description and analysis
177 Corbels
180 4.2.1.3. Conclusions
180 4.2.2. The church outside the East Gate
180 4.2.2.1. Architectural description
184 4.2.2.2. Analysis
192 4.2.2.3. Description and analysis of architectural and liturgical elements
192 I. Impost capitals
192 II. Impost of a colonnette
192 III. Fragments of a slab
194 IV. Fragments of a mensa
194 4.2.2.4. Conclusions
195 CHAPTER V - CONCLUDING REMARKS AND SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF IASOS IN THE CHRISTIAN AGES
197 5.1. ARCHITECTURAL CONCLUSIONS AND THE PLACE OF THE CHURCHES OF IASOS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE
200 5.2. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE TOPOGRAPHY OF IASOS IN THE CHRISTIAN AGES
211 COLOR PLATES
223 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ABBREVIATIONS
257 INDEX OF PERSONAL NAMES
265 INDEX OF PLACES AND PEOPLES
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