| LXXXI. | (1) The Church from the west. (2) The Church from the south-east | [288] |
| LXXXII. | (1) The Church from the north-east. (2) The North Side of the Church | [292] |
| LXXXIII. | (1) The Inner Narthex, looking south. (2) Another View of the same | [296] |
| LXXXIV. | (1) A Capital in the Outer Narthex. (2) Another Capital in the Outer Narthex | [300] |
| LXXXV. | (1) The Interior, looking north-west. (2) The Outer Narthex, looking south | [304] |
| LXXXVI. | (1) The Eikon Frame on the South-eastern Pier. (2) The Interior, looking east | [308] |
| LXXXVII. | (1) The Cornice above the Main Door (on the Interior). (2) The Archivolt on the North Wall of the Parecclesion. (3) Window Heads in the Central Apse | [310] |
| LXXXVIII. | (1) The East End of the Parecclesion. (2) A Capital at the Entrance to the Parecclesion | [314] |
| LXXXIX. | (1) The Parecclesion, looking south-east. (2) The Parecclesion, looking west | [316] |
| XC. | (1) Mosaic representing the Miracle of Water turned into Wine. (2) Mosaic representing Mary caressed by her parents, and blessed by priests seated at a banquet | [322] |
| XCI. | (1) Mosaic representing the Registration of Mary and Joseph at Bethlehem. (2) Mosaic representing Theodore Metochites offering the Church to Christ | [326] |
| XCII. | The Archivolt on the South Wall of the Parecclesion, with the Epitaph in honour of Tornikes | [330] |
CHAPTER I
BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE
I. Planning
At the beginning of the fifth century, which is a suitable point from which to date the rise of Byzantine architecture, three principal types of church plan prevailed in the Roman world:—
I. The Basilica: an oblong hall divided into nave and aisles, and roofed in wood, as in the Italian and Salonican examples, or with stone barrel-vaults, as in Asia Minor and Central Syria.
II. The Octagonal or Circular plan covered with a stone or brick dome, a type which may be subdivided according as (1) the dome rests upon the outer walls of the building, or (2) on columns or piers surrounded by an ambulatory.
The Pantheon and the so-called Temple of Minerva Medica at Rome are early examples of the first variety, the first circular, the second a decagon in plan. S. George at Salonica is a later circular example. An early instance of the second variety is found in S. Constanza at Rome, and a considerable number of similar churches occur in Asia Minor, dating from the time of Constantine the Great or a little later.