The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries (1896)
Mathews, Charles Thompson, 1863- · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 247
aid, stone by stone, as each was set in place,and additional payments were given to those who ex-hibited exceptional skill. This continued for six yearsat prodigious expense. The royal treasury, the pri-vate purse of Justinian, and the voluntary offeringsof the people were exhausted to the last… … PLATE XXVI.—Church of Sta. Sophia. PLAN OF STA. SOPHIA. 225 Anthemius of Tralles was the architect, assistedby Isidorus of Miletus, and though Anthemius cannot be said to have invented the pendentive system,he was the first to de-velop and use penden-tives on so large ascale. The distribution…
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