[438]. Cantacuzene, iv. pp. 290, 291.
[439]. Tafferner (see below, p. [113], reference 5) speaks of a propylæum supported by ten fine columns as the entrance to the court of the palace from the city.
[440]. Cantacuzene, iii. p. 138, Τὴν τοῦ Πορφυρογεννήτου προσαγορευομένην πυλίδα.
[441]. From Broken Bits of Byzantium. (By kind permission of Mrs. Walker.)
[442]. Salzenberg, Altchristliche Bandenkmäler von Constantinopel, p. 125.
[443]. Theophanes Cont., p. 450. The date of the building is by no means settled. Dr. Paspates (p. 65) thinks it older than the time of Theodosius II.; Dr. Mordtmann (p. 33) assigns it to the reign of that emperor. It is a question for experts in Art to determine.
[444]. Paspates, p. 42.
[445]. Pages 62, 63.
[446]. Lib. i. p. 268.
[447]. Page 612.