[81] οὐρίαχος. Used in Homer of the butt end of a spear; hence long narrow glass lamps. See our Fig. 17. [82] ἐπακτρίς, a small row-boat. [83] See Du Cange, _S. Sophia_, § 70. [84] Called ὀπισθάμβωνος εὐχή, the “back” of the ambo. [85] Ed. Bonn, p. 74. See also our page 79. [86] See Nicetas also on our p. 75. [87] _La Messe._, Art. “Ambon,” vol. iii., p. 9. [88] Hopf, _Chroniques Gréco-Romanes_, p. 96. [89] See our p. 75. [90] Cantacuzenus, _Hist._ lib. i., chap. 41, ed. Bonn, p. 196. [91] A shortened form of κεκράκται. [92] ἡ μεγάλη εἴσοδος, when the Bread and Wine are brought from the table of the prothesis and placed upon the Holy Table, while the Cherubic Hymn is sung in honour of “the King of all, invisibly attended by the spears of the Angelic Hosts.” See Dr. Freshfield’s article in the _Archaeologia_, vol. xliv., p. 386; he translates a parallel account from Codinus. [93] A Russian pilgrim describing the coronation of Manuel in the fourteenth century says, “The imperial procession advanced so slowly that it took three hours to walk from the royal door to the thrones.” _Soc. de l’Orient Latin, séries géog._ vol. v., p. 143. [94] _De Officiis Palatii_, chap. xvii., ed. Bonn, p. 87. [95] In _Nicephori Bryennii ... Pauli Silentiarii comment._ [96] _Hist. Byz. duplici commentario illustrata._ [97] Introduction to the _History of the Eastern Church_. [98] Du Cange, _S. Sophia_, § 49. [99] Ed. Bonn, p. 259. [100] Cons. Porphyr. in Labarte, _Pal. Impérial_, p. 92. [101] See our p. 75. [102] See Anon. p. 138 below. [103] The _Euchologium_, ed. 1647, p. 499, speaks of taking the garments of those about to become conventuals and placing them on or in the “little sea” (_thalassidion_) of the Holy Table. Here Goarus interprets it as “the hollow recess of the Holy Table,” which seems to have been beneath the table, and used for washing the vessels, like the piscina in the later Latin church. [104] “ἔλεκτρον or ἀλλότυπον united with glass and fine stones; such is the material of which the Holy Table of S. Sophia is made.” _Glossary of Suidas_ quoted by Labarte in _Recherches sur la Peinture en Email_, p. 89. [105] Porphyrogenitus describes the table in the chapel built by Basil the Macedonian as “a mixture of all precious materials placed in order and bound together by fire into a many-coloured mass of surpassing beauty, which is the wonder of all nations.” We also read of “Holy Tables of silver, having gold and precious stones and pearls poured over them, forming a compact union together.” [106] Hopf, _Chroniques Gréco-Romanes_. [107] Nic. _Chron. Hist._, ed. Bonn, p. 758. [108] _Vera Historia Unionis_, Hague, 1660. [109] A MS. Greek service-book made for Basil II. (976-1025) now in the Vatican Library. A folio was printed from it at Urbino in 1727. [110] Migne, S. L. vol. 106, p. 610. [111] Migne, S. L. vol. 106, p. 603. [112] Pachymeres, _de Mich. Pal._ ed. Bonn, vol. ii., p. 385. [113] Du Cange, _S. Sophia_, § 57.