[361] Du Cange, _Const. Christ._ iv. p. 81; _Itin. russes_, pp. 123, 203-4. [362] Synax., August 13; Cinnamus, p. 9; Phrantzes, p. 210. [363] Du Cange, _C.P. Christ._ iv. p. 81, quoting Anselm, bishop of Havelsberg, who was in Constantinople as the ambassador of Lothair the Great to the Emperor John in 1145. [364] MS. No. 85, in the Library of the Theological Seminary at Halki. [365] Synax., 13th August. [366] Pp. 66, 151. [367] MS. No. 85, in the Library of the Theological Seminary at Halki. [368] Vol. i. p. 555. [369] _Ancient and Modern C.P._ p. 69. [370] Cinnamus, p. 14; Guntherus Parisiensis in Riant's _Exuviae sacrae_, p. 105. The sarcophagus that forms part of a Turkish fountain to the west of the church is usually, but without any proof, considered to be the tomb of Irene. A long flight of steps near it leads to the cistern below the church. [371] Cinnamus, p. 31. [372] Nicet. Chon. pp. 53, 56, 66. [373] Synax., October 26th. [374] Nicet. Chon. p. 151. [375] _Ibid._ p. 289. [376] Nicet. Chon. p. 151. [377] Riant, _Exuviae sacrae_, ii. p. 232. [378] Nicet. Chon. pp. 332-33, 354-55. [379] Riant, _Exuviae sacrae_, i. pp. 104 _seq._ [380] Belin, _Histoire de la latinité de Constantinople_, pp. 73-74, 113-14. [381] Pachym. i. p. 160; Niceph. Greg. p. 87; G. Acropolita, pp. 196-97. The last writer says the eikon was taken from the monastery of the Hodegon, which was its proper shrine. The eikon may have been removed from the Pantokrator to the church of Hodegetria on the eve of the triumphal entry. [382] Niceph. Greg. i. p. 85. Cf. Canale, _Nuova Storia_, ii. p. 153, quoted by Belin, _Latinité de C.P._ p. 22, 'ov'erano la chiesa, la loggia, il palazzo dei Veneziani,' cf. Belin, p. 92. [383] George Acropolita, p. 195. On the contrary, Pachymeres represents Baldwin as taking flight from the palace of Blachernae, and embarking at the Great Palace. See vol. i. of that historian's works, pp. 132-48. [384] Belin, _Histoire de la latinité de C.P._ pp. 22-23, quoting Canale, _Nuova Storia_, ii. p. 153; cf. Sauli, i. p. 55. According to Fanucci, the Venetians themselves removed their national emblems from the Pantokrator and tore down the monastery.--Belin, _ut supra_, pp. 88, 92. [385] Pachym. i. p. 402. [386] _Ibid._ ii. pp. 87-88; Niceph. Greg. i. p. 167. [387] _Ibid._ i. pp. 273, 233-34. [388] Phrantzes, p. 121. [389] _Ibid._ p. 210. [390] _Ibid._ p. 134. [391] _Ibid._ p. 203. [392] _Ibid._ p. 203. [393] _Ibid._ p. 191. [394] _Ibid._ p. 191. [395] Muralt, ad annum. [396] Phrantzes, p. 156. [397] _Ibid._ p. 156. [398] Ducas, pp. 252-60. [399] Phrantzes, pp. 304-7. [400] _Essai de chronographie byzantine_, ii. p. 889. [401] Ducas, p. 318. [402] Chadekat, vol. i. p. 118, quoted by Paspates, p. 312. [403] _De top. C.P._ iv. c. 2.