Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 132
utoften bring in a little fresh matter. Cedrenus, writingin the nth century, after repeating the account ofTheophanes almost verbatim, says Justinian built oppo-site the interior piers four winding staircases by whichyou could mount as high as the dome, making them ^ Agathias, v. 9. eVl fiet^oi… … ^ 5 90 S. SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE [ch. vi There- a support of the great arches\ This seems to implybmWmg additions to the four great exterior buttresses of theeastern north and south sides to afford a better abutment to part the east and west arches (di/ztSe?) that supported thedome. Can these…
