[49] Geschichte der Byzantinischen Litteratur, 1893, p. 42. Ramsay says it could not have been completed until 560. See Historical Geography of Asia Minor, p. 205.
[50] λιθολόγος—really one who picks out and lays stones.
[51] ἁψίς, “a binding together,” used for either an arch or a semidome.
[52] λωρός, “a thong” or a belt.
[53] The author seems here to mistake the piers for the temporary support of the arch while it was being built.
[54] Theophanes, Chronographia, ed. Bonn, vol. i., p. 359.
[55] Chron. Pasch. ed. Bonn, and Zonaras.
[56] Chron. ed. Bonn, p. 369.
[57] Krumbacher, p. 49.
[58] Agathias, lib. v. ed. Bonn, p. 296.