Golden Gate (building)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/15835

A gate of Constantinople

Names

  • Greek: τὰς Χρυσέας Πύλας = tas Khryseas Pylas 1
  • Syriac: ܬܪܥܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ = TRʿʾ DDHBʾ 2

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Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles. 1 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Golden Gate: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.6; 8.4; 10.15 [Greek with English translation].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 312 [Syriac].
    • Porte-dorée: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), II, 245, 485; III, 118 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Golden Gate” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/15835.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; place categorization; abstract; categorization, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and categorization, matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Jessica Mutter: categorization, matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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