CONTENTS
[CHAPTER I]. Byzantium. New Rome, The Acropolis, The Augusteum. First and Second Churches of S. Sophia. page 1
[CHAPTER II]. Justinian’s Church. Account of Procopius. Fall of Dome and Restoration. Accounts of Agathias and Evagrius. page 21
[CHAPTER III]. The Descriptive Poem of Paul the Silentiary, Parts 1 and 2. page 35
[CHAPTER IV]. The Silentiary’s Account, Part 3. The Ambo. Coronations in the Ambo. page 53
[CHAPTER V]. Main Divisions. Bema. Altar. Ciborium. Crowns, &c. Altar Veils. Iconostasis. Prothesis and Diakonikon. Holy Well and Metatorion. Solea. The Nave and Pavement. Font. Crosses. Miraculous Marbles, &c. Water Vessels. Images and Tombs. Hangings. Carpets. Synods. Clergy and Ritual. Adoration of the Cross. Procession to the Church. page 66
[CHAPTER VI]. § 1. The True Cross and Relics of the Passion. Other Treasure. Accounts by Russian Pilgrims. § 2. The Lighting of the Church. page 97
[CHAPTER VII]. § 1. Later History. Occupation of the Church by the Crusaders. Fall of Constantinople. § 2. The Anonymous Account of the Church. § 3. Legends. page 122
[CHAPTER VIII]. Fossati’s Reparations. Salzenberg’s Description of Design, Materials, Construction, and Decoration. page 148
[CHAPTER IX]. Precincts of the Church, &c. Palaces. Hippodrome. Augusteum. Milion. Horologium. S. Peter’s Chapel, &c. Boundaries of Church. Atrium. Phiale. Pavement. West Front. Belfry. Cisterns. Exterior generally. page 173
[CHAPTER X]. § 1. Byzantine Origins. § 2. The Builders of the Church. § 3. Original Form of the Church: Dome and N. and S. Arches, Atrium, N.W. and S.W. Angles, Baptistery and Loggia. § 4. Structural System. Arch Forms. Vaulting. Dome Construction. Chainage and Walling. Mortar and Cement. page 198
[CHAPTER XI]. § 1. Building Procedure. § 2. Marble Quarries and Identification of the Marbles. § 3. Application of Marble to the Walls. § 4. Marble Masonry. Seven Orders of Byzantine Capitals. Distribution and Dates of Capitals. Shafts and Bases. Responds. Cornices and Skirtings. Windows, &c. Carving. page 234
[CHAPTER XII]. § 1. Bronze Doors, &c. § 2. Mosaics. Salzenberg’s Description. First Scheme. Later Scheme. Fossati’s Description. Tesserae and Fixing. § 3. Glass. Plaster. Painting. § 4. Monograms and Inscriptions. page 264