Architecture, Byzantine; Byzantine Empire; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel; Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
[16] ‘S. Acacii qui martyrium passus est Byzantii sub Diocletiano,
ædem ædificavit in Heptascalo Constantinus Magnus. Ædis situm eundem
designant Menæa, ad 4 Junii. Ecclesiam S. Acacii conditam quidem a
Constantino Magno, sed illius nomen ædi primum imposuisse Justinianum.
Justinianus autem hanc a fundamentis instauravit, disjecta priore æde.
Denique cum rursum ruinam minaretur de novo instauratum est a Basilio
Macedone.’—Ducange, lib. iv., pp. 80, 81. (L.)
[17] ‘S. Platonis ædes ab Anastasio Dicoro primum ædificata est, qui
in eam decem columnas sculptas ex Thessalonica intulit, quarum duæ
in Chalceno a Lacapeno postea translatæ sunt. De novo instauratam
a Justiniano. At cum postmodum illius tectum laboraret, novum
confecit, murosque quibus incumbebat, firmiores reddidit Basilius
Macedo.’—Ducange, lib. iv., p. 92.
[18] ‘S. Mocii Martyris templum, a Constantino Magno ædificatum.
Codinus ait non de novo ædificatam fuisse a Constantino sed cum
fanum esset deorum, illud expurgasse, dejectes simulacris ac
idolis.’—Ducange, lib. iv., p. 89.
[19] This church is on the same plan as that of Myra.—V. Fergusson, p.
966. (L.)
[20] ‘S. Agathonici templum forma dromica ædificatum a Constantino
Magno. Deinde in Angustiorem formam excitatum a Justiniano. Patriarches
sedisse, coronatosque Imperatores quatuor, tandemque in Magno Palatio,
cui adjacebat, inclusum sub Tiberio Mauricii socero.’—Ducange, lib.
iv., p. 81. (L.)
[21] Κέρας = horn. (S.)
[22] Συκαί = fig-trees. (S.)
[23] The very ancient church at Ratisbon, known as the ‘Alter Dom,’
or ‘Stephan’s Kirchlein,’ is believed to have been originally built
without windows. (S.)
[24] ‘St. Irene Martyris templum, ultra ædem S. Anthimi, ad ipsum Sinus
Ostium ædificavit Justinianus. Verum S. Irenes ædis Sycænæ, seu Sycis
proximæ, non fuit conditor Justinianus sed instaurator.’—Ducange, lib.
iv., p. 103. (L.)
[25] Near the village of Kourou, Cheshmeh.—Murray’s ‘Guide to Turkey
and Asia Minor,’ etc., 1878, p. 106. (L.)
[26] ‘S. Michaelis templum in Anaplo ædificavit Constantinus Magnus.
Cum vero Anaplus proprie dicatur littus Bospori Europæanum, ut alibi
indicatum, locum distinctius designat Cedrenus, ἐν τῷ Ἀναπλῳ καὶ
Σωσθενίῳ. Ædem S. Michaelis Sosthenianam de novo et a fundamentis
instauravit Justinianus Magnus ut et alteram quam in opposito
littore Asiatico ab eodem Constantino Magno ædificatam narrat
Nicephorus.’—Ducange, lib. iv., pp. 130, 131. (L.)
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