1 J. P. Fallmerayer, born in 1790, the son of humble parents, whose flocks he tended on the mountain-sides as a boy. Died in 1861; a great scholar, a great writer, whose work has not yet received all the recognition which it deserves. ↑
2 Finlay, Mediæval Greece and the Empire of Trebizond, Oxford, 1877, p. 340. ↑
3 The dimensions of the interior are: length to head of apse, 33 feet; breadth, 21 feet 7 inches. ↑
4 The ornament is as follows:
The inscription is:
I notice that M. Gabriel Millet identifies this figure as a Saint Michael (op. infra cit. p. 436). ↑
5 Bejeshkean (op. infra cit.) publishes the inscription of Justinian on the face of the old gateway of Tabakhaneh, which has now disappeared. It records the restoration of the public edifices of the city by that emperor. See also Hamilton, op. infra cit. ↑
6 The population of Trebizond at the present day is estimated at 45,000 souls. ↑
7 Since writing this chapter two articles in the Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (Paris) for 1895 have come to my notice. They are: G. Millet, Les monastères et les églises de Trébizonde, pp. 419–459; and J. Strzygowski, Les chapiteaux de Sainte Sophie de Trébizonde, pp. 517–522. ↑