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Aerial view of the circus and palace at Constantinopolis (Constantinople), under Justinian. The drawing is in landscape format. It is organized within a frame drawn in ink. Traces of watercolor and inscriptions are visible in the margins. A schematic plan and inscriptions appear on the reverse.
The circus stands in the center of the drawing. In the upper part of the drawing, we can make out the Church of Saint Irene and the Basilica of Saint Sophia with its multiple domes. They are preceded by the Place Augusteon, where the Million column stands. On one side of the circus stands the palace of Antiochos, on the other the palace of Justinian, with its apartments, churches, ceremonial halls and baths. The lighthouse can be seen along the wall. The Philoxenos cisterns are in the lower right-hand corner.