Page 238. Footnote 848: XVII., p. 860; cf. Cantacuzene, iv. p. 232. Footnote 849: Dr. Paspates (see p. 111 of his work on the siege of the city, cited above) understands Phrantzes in the same way. He identifies the tower with one which stood, until 1817, between the Gate of St. Barbara (Top Kapoussi) and the Gate of Eugenius (Yali Kiosk Kapoussi). It was probably the tower to which Nicolo Barbaro refers (see above, p. 228). Footnote 850: Pages 254, 255. Footnote 851: See his Epistle to the Pope on the Capture of Constantinople. Footnote 852: Pusculus, iv. pp. 179-221. Footnote 853: Ducas, p. 275. Footnote 854: _Acta Patriarchatus CP._, vol. ii. p. 391, year 1400; cf. pp. 297, 487. Footnote 855: Speaking of the bridge which the Sultan built out into the Golden Horn, and on which he placed cannon to batter the walls in the Kynegon, Leonard of Scio (p. 931) says the bridge was built that the army might advance near the wall, beside the “fanum” of the city: “Decurreret ad murum prope, juxta fanum urbis.” The term is ambiguous. Zorzo Dolfin translates it, “Appresso la giesia” (the church). But more probably the reference is to the Phanar quarter, although the bridge was not exactly opposite to it. Footnote 856: How old this church is cannot be precisely determined. It is known to have been in existence, as a small chapel, before 1640, when it was burned down. It was then reconstructed, but was again destroyed by fire, after which it was rebuilt at the expense of the monastery on Mount Sinai. For some time it was the fashionable church of the Phanariotes. See Patriarch Constantius, _Ancient and Modern Consple._, pp. 104, 105. Mr. Gedeon ascribes it to the 14th century (_Proceedings of the Greek Syllogos of Consple._, vol. xxvi. p. 148. 1896). Footnote 857: _Acta Patriarchatus CP._, ii. p. 391. Footnote 858: _Pand. Hist. Turc._, s. 200. Footnote 859: Page 454, where he styles the first gate west of the Seraglio Point “Die Königliche Pforte.” Footnote 860: See above, p. 228; see below, p. 250. Footnote 861: _Acta Patriarchatus CP._, ii. pp. 297, 391, 487. Footnote 862: Pachymeres, vol. ii. p. 503. Footnote 863: Lib. i. c. 65. Footnote 864: Lib. i. c. 18. Footnote 865: Lib. i. c. 65. Footnote 866: If the Basilikè Pylè could be identified with the gate which went by the names Porta Boni, Porta Veteris Rectoris, at Sirkedji Iskelessi, all statements concerning the Imperial Gate might be applied to that single entrance. But this would be to interpret the language of Phrantzes and Leonard of Scio on the subject too loosely. Nor is there any reason apparent for bestowing such an epithet upon that gate, or for regarding that gate important during the last siege. Footnote 867: The Basilikè Pylè is mentioned in Byzantine history by the following writers:—