Accounts of Medieval ConstantinopleThe Patria is a fascinating four book collection of short historical notes, stories, and legends about the buildings and monuments of Constantinople, compiled in the late tenth century by an anonymous author who made ample use of older sources. It also describes the foundation and early (pre Byzantine) history of the city, and includes the Narrative on the Construction of Hagia Sophia, a semi legendary account of Emperor Justinian I's patronage of