Footnote 941: _Itinéraires Russes en Orient_, p. 229. Footnote 942: Genesius, iv. p. 103; Cantacuzene, iii. p. 607; Nicetas Chon., p. 26; Pachymeres, _ut supra_. Footnote 943: Nicetas Chon., pp. 496, 497. Footnote 944: Ducas, p. 288. Footnote 945: _Itinéraires Russes en Orient_, p. 230, “Au nord du couvent d’Odigitria, dans la direction de Mangana;” p. 229, “à l’est de Sainte Sophie, dans la direction de la mer, à droite, s’élève un couvent appelé Odigitria.” Footnote 946: Page 52. Footnote 947: Pachymeres, vol. ii. p. 238. Footnote 948: Ducas, pp. 41, 42, 283. Footnote 949: Psalm cxviii. 19. † ΑΝΥΞΑΤΑΙ ΜΟΙ ΠΥΛΑΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΩΣΥΝΗΣ ΙΝΑ ΕΙΣΕΛΘΩΝ ΕΝ ΑΥΤΑΙΣ ΕΞΟΜΟΛΟΓΗΣΩΜΑΙ ΤΩ ΚΥΡΙΩ †. Cf. _Proceedings of Greek Literary Syllogos of Consple._, vol. xvi., 1885; _Archæological Supplement_, pp. 23, 24; cf. Mordtmann, p. 53. Footnote 950: Pachymeres, vol. ii. p. 238. Footnote 951: Ducas, pp. 41, 42; Cantacuzene (iv. p. 284) says that John Palæologus took the city by surprise, entering the Harbour of the Heptascalon during the night. Footnote 952: Genesius, iv. p. 103; Cedrenus, vol. ii. p. 179. Footnote 953: Nicetas Chon., p. 698. Footnote 954: Ducas, p. 283. Footnote 955: _Ancient and Modern Consple._, p. 23. Footnote 956: Leo Gramm., p. 289. Footnote 957: _Ancient and Modern Consple._, p. 23. Footnote 958: _Le Palais Impérial de Consple._, p. 207. Footnote 959: Anonymus, ii. p. 23. Footnote 960: _De Top. CP._, ii. c. xv. Footnote 961: _Pand. Hist. Turc._, s. 200, Πόρτα ταῖς Ἀρκούδες; Itinéraires Russes en Orient, p. 235: “Sous la muraille au pied de la mer, se trouvent des ours et des aurochs en pierre.” Footnote 962: Patriarch Constantius, _Ancient and Modern Consple._, p. 22. Footnote 963: Anonymus, iii. p. 46. Footnote 964: Cedrenus, vol. ii. p. 250. Symeon Magister (_De Leone Basilii Filio_, c. i.) records a fire near the Harbour of Sophia and the Iron Gate, which burned the Church of St. Thomas—a proof that these points stood near one another. Footnote 965: See below, p. 290. Footnote 966: Cedrenus, vol. i. pp. 609-611; Zonaras, xiv. p. 1205. Footnote 967: Habakkuk iii. 8. Footnote 968: Psalm xxi. 7. Footnote 969: Psalm lxxxix. 22. Footnote 970: Psalm xviii. 3 Footnote 971: Psalm xv. 4. Possibly the inscription commemorated the triumph of Justinian over the Factions in 532. Footnote 972: Codinus, p. 101; Anonymus, iii. p. 45. Footnote 973: _Ibid._ _ut supra_; _ibid._, p. 46. Footnote 974: Leunclavius, _Pand. Hist. Turc._, s. 200. Footnote 975: Codinus, p. 109. Footnote 976: See below, p. 295. Footnote 977: See above, p. 180. Footnote 978: See below, p. 296. Footnote 979: _Paschal Chron._, p. 494; Codinus, pp. 102, 103. Footnote 980: Anonymus, i. p. 2; Codinus, p. 25. See above, p. 31. Footnote 981: _Ibid._, iii. p. 46; _ibid._, p. 49. Footnote 982: