[37] Migne, p. 674. [38] Bingham, _Antiquities of the Christian Church_, vol. iii., p. 120. [39] _Revue Archéologique_, vol. iv., p. 659, and Kugler, _Geschichte der Baukunst_, vol. i., p. 372. [40] For similar early circular baptisteries see Martigny, _Dict. Christ. Antiq._ [41] See Salz., plate xx., figs. 4, 5. [42] _Ibid._ p. 19. [43] _Chron. Pasch._ ed. Bonn, p. 622. [44] Zonaras also gives the true date; according to the Byzantine era the year of the world 6040. In Cedrenus it appears as 6008, a copyist’s error in writing ηʼ for μʼ. [45] Ed. Bonn, p. 338. [46] Migne, _S.L._ vol. li., p. 943. [47] Ed. Bonn, p. 378. [48] _Theo._ p. 359. [49] _Geschichte der Byzantinischen Litteratur_, 1893, p. 42. Ramsay says it could not have been completed until 560. See _Historical Geography of Asia Minor_, p. 205. [50] λιθολόγος--really one who picks out and lays stones. [51] ἁψίς, “a binding together,” used for either an arch or a semidome. [52] λωρός, “a thong” or a belt. [53] The author seems here to mistake the piers for the temporary support of the arch while it was being built. [54] Theophanes, _Chronographia_, ed. Bonn, vol. i., p. 359. [55] _Chron. Pasch._ ed. Bonn, and Zonaras. [56] _Chron._ ed. Bonn, p. 369. [57] Krumbacher, p. 49. [58] Agathias, lib. v. ed. Bonn, p. 296. [59] τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ κυρτώματος οἰκοδόμιαν. [60] Krumbacher, p. 53. [61] _Hist. Eccles._ iv., chap. 31. [62] The dimensions appear so inaccurate that we do not attempt to explain them. [63] Salz. _Alt. Baud._ [64] καὶ κέντρον ἕλειν καὶ σχῆμα χαράξαι. [65] ἄντυξ, the circular rim of a shield. Used here for the bema-arch. [66] Column does not stand directly over column. [67] σφαίρης ἡμιτόμοιο, the ἡμισφαίριον of Agathias and Evagrius. This word is used by Eusebius for the dome of the Holy Sepulchre. [68] ἔγραφε leaves no doubt that a mosaic cross on the interior is intended, and not, as Salzenberg suggests, a cross on the outside. The full expression for representations in mosaic was καταγράφειν ψηφῖδι: as in Joannes Lydus († 550), De Magistratibus ii. 20, in his description of the palace built by the Praetorian Prefect. [69] Near Antioch. [70] A town of Lycia. [71] ἄνθος, a bud, sprout or flower; hence brightness and bloom generally. [72] θύρετρος is elsewhere a door. But “twin doors” has no meaning here. See plan. [73] January; the consuls then entered on their year of office, and wore chitons of gold thread. See Du Cange, _S. Sophia_, § 22. [74] This custom at Antioch is mentioned as early as the time of S. John Chrysostom in a sermon on the Baptism of Christ. [75] ψηφῖδες--pebbles. The usual word for mosaic tesserae. [76] In Macedonia. The mines are mentioned by Herodotus. [77] The promontory on the south of Attica. The mines were at Laurium. [78] πολυγλώσσοιο ὁμίλου, the choir. [79] νῶτον, a back, and hence, any wide, flat surface. [80] μύρμηξ, the ant; here the silkworm.