De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 173
consecrated in561. When the emperor visited the church after its comple-tion, with his court retinue, he is said to have prostrated him- 143 144 A SHORT HISTORY OF ART self before the altar, and to have uttered the memorablewords, expressive of the highest pride he could imagine:I have surpassed… … «—«- • S. SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE Note the Smaller Half-domes Leading up to the Main Dome 180 Feetin the Air. It Rests on a Crown of Windows and is so DisposedThat Its Summit is Visible from Every Point of the Nave and in the galleries, but these openings are not large enoughto interfere with the…
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