NICETAS CHONIATES. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE 1 CHAPTER II CHURCH OF S. JOHN THE BAPTIST OF THE STUDION 35 CHAPTER III CHURCH OF SS. SERGIUS AND BACCHUS 62 CHAPTER IV CHURCH OF S. IRENE 84 CHAPTER V CHURCH OF S. ANDREW IN KRISEI 106 CHAPTER VI CHURCH OF S. MARY PANACHRANTOS 122 CHAPTER VII CHURCH OF S. MARY PAMMAKARISTOS 138 CHAPTER VIII CHURCH OF S. THEODOSIA 164 CHAPTER IX CHURCH OF S. MARY DIACONISSA 183 CHAPTER X CHURCH OF SS. PETER AND MARK 191 CHAPTER XI CHURCH OF THE MYRELAION 196 CHAPTER XII CHURCH OF S. JOHN THE BAPTIST IN TRULLO 201 CHAPTER XIII CHURCH OF S. THEKLA 207 CHAPTER XIV CHURCH OF S. SAVIOUR PANTEPOPTES 212 CHAPTER XV CHURCH OF S. SAVIOUR PANTOKRATOR 219 CHAPTER XVI CHURCH OF S. THEODORE 243 CHAPTER XVII MONASTERY OF MANUEL 253 CHAPTER XVIII MONASTIR MESJEDI 262 CHAPTER XIX BALABAN AGA MESJEDI 265 CHAPTER XX CHURCH OF THE GASTRIA 268 CHAPTER XXI CHURCH OF S. MARY OF THE MONGOLS 272 CHAPTER XXII BOGDAN SERAI 280 CHAPTER XXIII CHURCH OF S. SAVIOUR IN THE CHORA 288 CHAPTER XXIV MOSAICS AND FRESCOES IN THE CHURCH OF S. SAVIOUR IN THE CHORA 321 CHAPTER XXV DATING AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE CHURCHES 332 BIBLIOGRAPHY 337 LIST OF EMPERORS 341 INDEX 343 PLANS AND ILLUSTRATIONS FIG. PAGE 1. Kasr Ibn Wardan 4 2. Deré Aghsy 6 3. Deré Aghsy (Section) 6 4. S. Nicholas, Myra 7 5. Church of the Koimesis, Nicaea 8 6. Church of the Koimesis, Nicaea (Section) 9 7. Map of Byzantine Constantinople _facing_ 15 8. The Saucer Dome or Dome-Vault 16 9. The Dome on Pendentives 16