Evolution of State Treasury and Succession under Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror
The Importance of the Sultan’s Seal
One of the significant provisions in Fatih’s Lawbook pertains to the protection of the Sultan’s seal, indicating the growing...
Administrative Structure and Treasury Oversight in the Ottoman Empire
The Four Pillars of State Administration
Under the governance of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, state organizations were reestablished and regulated through the implementation of Fatih’s...
Evolution of the Ottoman Treasury
From Public to Imperial
Establishment of the Imperial Palaces
Historical accounts from Ahmed Aşıkî, Dursun Bey Künhü’l-ahbâr, and Tayyarzade Ata Bey highlight the construction of the...
Procopios on the Great Church – Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s great building project of the Church of the Holy Wisdom – Hagia Sophia – was completed in a few short years of building,...
Byzantine Architecture
A mixed style, i.e. a style composed of Graeco-Roman and Oriental elements which, in earlier centuries, cannot be clearly separated. The form of the...
Most manifold influences from the East
Only this much is certain: that in those early centuries local diversities are found everywhere; and that, even although Italy may have received the...
