01307nas a2200277 4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260002500043653002400068653002700092653001700119653001900136653002100155100001700176700001900193700001500212245003000227250008400257856006600341300001200407490000600419024006600425520049800491022001800989020002201007 2012 d bSpringeraHeidelberg10aancient mathematics10abyzantine architecture10aHagia Sophia10alate antiquity10alight simulation1 aOliver Hauck1 aAndreas Noback1 aLars Grobe00aComputing the Holy Wisdom aHans Georg Bock, Willi Jäger and Michael J. Winckler, University of Heidelberg uhttp://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-28021-4_22 a205-2160 v3 aISSN 2191-303X, Library of Congress Control Number 20129522473 aThe church of Hagia Sophia – from the Greek: □γία Σοϕία, “Holy Wisdom” – built on the orders of Emperor Justinianis from 532 to 537 (AD) is the most important building of an era which is generally characterised as the decline of the ancient world and the beginning of the mediaeval times. The building is well considered to be one of the most outstanding masterpieces of architecture in the world having an extensive influence on European and islamic architecture in general. a9783642280207 a978-3-642-28020-7