[41] P. 175. But according to Epigram 4 in the _Anthologia Graeca epigrammatum_ (Stadt-Mueller, 1894) Studius became consul after the erection of the church and as a reward for its erection. Under the heading [Greek: eis ton naon tou Prodromou en tois Stoudiou] it says [Greek: touton Iôannê, Christou megalô theraponti, Stoudios aglaon oikon edeimato. karpalimôs de tôn kamôn heureto misthon helôn hypatêida rhabdon.] In Suidas is a similar epigram in honour of the erection by Studius of another church; [Greek: tou archistratêgou Nakôleias] in Phrygia. [42] _Theodori Studitae vita_, Migne, _Patrologia Graeca_, tome 99. [43] _Pasch. Chron._ p. 591. [44] Banduri, i. p. 54. In the recent excavations carried on in the Studion by the Russian Archaeological Institute of Constantinople, the foundations of an earlier building were discovered below the floor of the church. The line of the foundations ran through the church from north-east to south-west, parallel to the wall of the cistern to the south-west of the church. Perhaps it is too soon to determine the character of the earlier building. [45] S.V.: [Greek: hê tôn Stouditôn monê proteron kai katholikês ekklêsias ên, hysteron de metêlthen eis monên.] The reading is doubtful. A proposed emendation is, [Greek: tôn katholikôn ekklêsia ên.] [46] Codinus, _De aed._ p. 102. [47] Theophanes, pp. 187, 218; Evagrius, cc. 18, 19, 21. In the list of the abbots who subscribed one of the documents connected with the Synod held at Constantinople in 536, the two establishments are clearly distinguished. They are distinguished also by Antony of Novgorod in 1200, _Itin. russes_, pp. 97, 100. [48] Seylitzes, p. 650. [49] Nicephorus Bryennius, p. 181. [50] Cedrenus, ii. p. 650. [51] Nicephorus Gregoras, i. p. 190; Stephen of Novgorod, who saw the church in 1350, refers to its 'very lofty roof,' _Itin. russes_, p. 123. [52] Theoph. p. 747; _Life of S. Theodore_, Migne, P.G. tome 99. [53] The modern Touzla at the northern head of the gulf of Nicomedia. See the articles by Mr. Siderides and Mr. Meliopoulos in the _Proceedings of the Greek Syllogos of Constantinople_, vol. xxxi., 1907-8. [54] The English reader should consult the _Life of Theodore of Studium_, by Miss Alice Gardner, for an excellent presentation of the man and his work. [55] According to Stephen of Novgorod (_Itin. russes_, p. 121) the refectory was an unusually fine hall, situated near the sea. [56] At a short distance beyond the north-eastern end of the church are some ruined vaults which the Turks have named Kietab Hané, the library. See Plate III. [57] For the Constitution and _Epitamia_ of the Studion, see Migne, _P.G._ tome 99. [58] _Itin. russes_, p. 136. [59] _Ibid._ p. 122 'on envoyait beaucoup de livres de ce couvent en Russie, des règlements, des triodions et autres livres.' Many members of the Studion were Russians.