_Procopius_ says, that both these Churches were built by _Justinian_. I have seen some Remains of the Church of _Mocius_, near a large _Cistern_, built by _Justinian_, on the Top of the seventh Hill. All its Pillars are standing, and it goes still under the Name of _Mocius_. Some Historians, and _Suidas_ the _Grammarian_ say, that this _Cistern_ was built by _Anastasius Dicorus_. It may be worth Enquiry, whether the _Moneta_, which the _antient Description of the Wards_ places in this Ward, was the Temple of _Juno Moneta_, or the Treasury. For the _Grand Seignor_, to this Day, makes use of the Castle with seven Towers for a Treasury. _Suidas_ writes, that the Statue of _Juno_ was supported by a Brazen Arch, made somewhat in Form of a Pair of Barbers Scissars, but takes no Notice where it stood; so that I desire the Reader would lay no great Stress upon what I have said of the _Moneta_. CHAP. IX. _Of the Columns now remaining on the Seventh Hill._ The Church standing here is called _Studios_, because it was built by one _Studius_ an eminent Citizen of _Constantinople_. It was he, says _Suidas_, who built this Church with a handsome Monastery. _Justinian_, in his _Constitutions_, takes Notice of him, when he says, That there were two Biers plac’d in the sacred Treasury; one to the Memory of the Famous _Studius_, and the other to the Memory of the Magnificent _Stephanus_. The Monastery built by _Studius_ was call’d _Studium_, which is entirely demolish’d. The Church remains, tho’ converted into a Mosque. In its Porch are four Pillars with a _Trabeation_ curiously finish’d. In the Inside of the Mosque, there are on each side seven green Pillars, streak’d with black Veins, and look as if they were inlay’d with Pieces of Stone of another kind. Each of them measures in Circumference six Foot and six Digits. Their _Capitals_, and _Architraves_, are finish’d after the _Corinthian_ Manner, as are those which stand in the _Vestibule_. In the upper Part of it stands another Order of six Pillars. In the Courts of the Mosque is a _Cistern_; the Roof of it, which is Brick-work, is supported by twenty three lofty _Corinthian_ Pillars. The Monastery of _Studius_ is now within the Walls of the City, tho’ it formerly stood without it, near the way you go from the Pillar of _Arcadius_ to the Gate of the seven Towers. The Passage of this Gate is at present fill’d up; the Jambs of it are two _Corinthian_ Pillars of spotted Marble, streak’d with green Veins, which sustain eight smaller Pillars, which support three Arches above. On the left Side of the Gate are six Marble Tables, all of which are enclos’d, some with round, some with square Pilasters, upon which are carv’d many fine Statues. They are all of them Naked, of exquisite Workmanship, in a fighting Posture, with Clubs in their Hands, the tallest of which have engrav’d over them winged _Cupids_. On the right Side of the Gate are six more Tables, enclos’d as the former.