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History of mediæval art (1893)

Reber, Franz von, 1834-1919, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920 · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 91

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Vitale and St. Sergius. The Constantine basilica whichstood upon the site had been burned in the year 532, on the occa-sion of an uprising of the populace, and Justinian took advantageof this to commemorate his victory by a magnificent rebuilding.It was probably the destruction of the earlier… … . ■ 1 a 5 10 soMtr* Fig. 32.—Plan of the Church of St. Sergius in Constantinople. ST. SOPHIA. 57 mere chance that both the architects to whom the task was in-trusted were Asiatics by birth—Isidoros of Miletos and Anthemiosof Tralles. In five years after the fire the new church was readyfor…

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