Jackson, Thomas Graham, Sir, 1835-1924 · Cambridge, University Press · leaf 142
brick. The outside is covered withlead. It is not evident how thick this brickwork is\ but 1 Salzenberg says the thickness at the crown where pierced for the lampchain is 24 inches. CH.vi] S. SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE 97 it obviously amounts only to a frail shell in comparisonwith the massive domes of… … of Windows acrt. ^ ^cmnttYtcalp cdttrnB^SornAStem. On reaching the dome one finds the ribs and panelsand also the recesses of the windows that surround thebase to be still covered to a great extent with the originalmosaic, a good deal patched with painted plaster, anddaubed over with colour wash.…
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