A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 580
our great piers of pleasingand appropriate design; and the screen of windows on each side,under the great lateral arches of the dome, is borne by four mono-lithic shafts of porphyry of great beauty. These formerly supportedstatues in the hippodrome, and most probably were brought originallyfrom… … View of Suleirnanie Mosque. (From a Photograph by Bedford.) than that of Sta. Sophia, though the dimensions are so much less thatit has not, of course, the same grandeur of effect. At Sta. Sophia thedome is 108 ft. in diameter, and 175 ft. in height, or 21 and 19 ft.more respectively. These smaller…
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