De Forest, Julia B. d. 1910, Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 174
le or side nave, which is surmounted by a galleryfor the women. The lines of the gallery and aisles arebroken where they pass through the arches in the piers, and BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE 145 the general effect is that of a vast central court surroundedby tiers of arcades. Light was introduced… … GROUND-PLAN OF THE CHURCH OF S. SOPHIA The Nave is 300 by 100 Feet was turned into a Mohammedan mosque, but the outlines ofthe figures can be dimly distinguished even now under thethin coating of lime. At the four pendentives of the dome,just above the piers, are figures of seraphim with six wings:…
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