[507]. Ibid., c. 55.
[508]. Pachymeres, vol. i. pp. 144, 161.
[509]. Cantacuzene, i. p. 305; iv. pp. 290, 291; Nicephorus Greg., ix. p. 420, etc.
[510]. Phrantzes, p. 280.
[511]. Nicetas Chon., p. 269.
[512]. See Benjamin of Toledo, and Odo de Dogilo, iv. p. 37, both of whom visited the palace in the reign of Manuel Comnenus.
[513]. Cantacuzene, i. pp. 89, 90.
[514]. See Map facing p. [115].
[515]. Cantacuzene, iii. pp. 611, 612; Nicephorus Greg., xv. pp. 774-779.