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The Church of Sancta Sophia, Constantinople: A Study of Byzantine Building

Chapter 35: TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
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The study surveys a major Byzantine church in Constantinople, reconstructing its site and historical phases, compiling contemporary descriptions and a descriptive poem, and furnishing extensive measured drawings and illustrations. It analyzes architectural form and construction—plans, domes, arches, vaulting, mortar, marble cladding, capitals, doors, mosaics, and glass—alongside liturgical fittings, relics, and ceremonial use. Later repairs, restorations, precincts, and vernacular building practices are examined to argue that practical craft, materials, and local tradition shaped Byzantine design. Field observation, translations of primary sources, and material analysis support the book’s technical and historical conclusions.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

This eBook makes the following corrections to the printed text:

  • Pg 8
    • Quellen der Byzantinischen Kunstgeschicht
    • Quellen der Byzantinischen Kunstgeschichte
  • Pg 9
    • placed the prophyry column
    • placed the porphyry column
  • Pg 22 (footnote)
    • Geschichte der Byzantinischer Litteratur
    • Geschichte der Byzantinischen Litteratur
  • Pg 24
    • that he furnished him
    • that He furnished him
  • Pg 32
    • and the saints among them
    • and the saintsamong them
  • Pg 35
    • the restoration of S. Sophia
    • the restoration of S. Sophia.
  • Pg 56
    • rings fixed circlewise round each base
    • rings fixed circle-wise round each base
  • Pg 94
    • reaches the royal doors and stands there.”
    • reaches the royal doors and stands there.
  • Pg 109
    • by Henrich Ulmen
    • by Heinrich Ulmen
  • Pg 118
    • above the beam of the iconastasis
    • above the beam of the iconostasis
  • Pg 120
    • running the whole longth
    • running the whole length
  • Pg 122
    • from time to time
    • from time to time.
  • Pg 124
    • patriarch Arsenius during the reign of Michael Palaeologos
    • patriarch Arsenius during the reign of Michael Palaeologus
  • Pg 124
    • the wife of Andronicus Palaeologos
    • the wife of Andronicus Palaeologus
  • Pg 132
    • is generally call the Baptistery
    • is generally called the Baptistery
  • Pg 135
    • in order. and how the wealth
    • in order, and how the wealth
  • Pg 136
    • said to the craftsman. ‘I will
    • said to the craftsman, ‘I will
  • Pg 150
    • floor to the vertex,
    • floor to the vertex.
  • Pg 151
    • immense semircircular window
    • immense semicircular window
  • Pg 152
    • pyramids by Nicephorus Gregoras
    • pyramids by Nicephorus Gregoras.
  • Pg 160
    • was used by the lamplighter
    • was used by the lamp-lighter
  • Pg 160
    • and Zonoras twenty-five
    • and Zonaras twenty-five
  • Pg 179
    • most of which were re-built by Justinian
    • most of which were rebuilt by Justinian
  • Pg 186 (footnote)
    • See Curtis Broken Bits of Byzantium
    • See Curtis, Broken Bits of Byzantium
  • Pg 191 (footnote)
    • This was 2′ 6″ in. diameter
    • This was 2′ 6″ in diameter
  • Pg 192
    • Symeon of Thessalonica tells us
    • Simeon of Thessalonica tells us
  • Pg 204
    • and St. Sergius at Bozra
    • and St. Sergius at Bosra
  • Pg 212
    • Figs, 4, 36, 38
    • Figs. 4, 36, 38
  • Pg 217
    • above the transome
    • above the transom
  • Pg 223
    • Viollet-de-Duc thinks that
    • Viollet-le-Duc thinks that
  • Pg 232
    • filaments of cotton.” This was reduced
    • filaments of cotton. This was reduced
  • Pg 233
    • It is made of unslaked lime ...”
    • It is made of unslaked lime ...”
  • Pg 268
    • the horizonal arm of the cross
    • the horizontal arm of the cross
  • Pg 294
    • ceramic inscription given in the Revue Archéoogique
    • ceramic inscription given in the Revue Archéologique
  • Make punctuation consistent in section headings.
  • Replace Roman numerals with Arabic numerals for section headings in Chapter VII.
  • Paspates’ book, ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΑΙ ΜΕΛΕΤΑΙ, is cited variously as Byzantinae Meletai, Byzantinae Melatae, and Byzantinae Meletae. These citations are left unchanged.

This eBook makes the following adjustments to the Byzantine inscriptions:

  • Use Ω (capital omega) where the printed text used a large ω.
  • Use Υ (capital upsilon) where the printed text used a V-shaped character.