. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. We now proceed to consider the works of a later date, from the 6th to the 13th century, when we come to the church of Sergius and Bacchus, now called by the Turks Chulchuk agia Sophia, or Little Sancta Sophia. This was built by Justinian, as was the large church of Sancta Sophia. The architects were Anthemius of Thrales and Isodore of Miletus. In the central area the plan is the same as at Ra- venna, the same polygon and the same semicircular arrangements; on the first floor
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. We now proceed to consider the works of a later date, from the 6th to the 13th century, when we come to the church of Sergius and Bacchus, now called by the Turks Chulchuk agia Sophia, or Little Sancta Sophia. This was built by Justinian, as was the large church of Sancta Sophia. The architects were Anthemius of Thrales and Isodore of Miletus. In the central area the plan is the same as at Ra- venna, the same polygon and the same semicircular arrangements; on the first floor is the gynecisum, running round the nave. Like the church of Ravenna, it is adorned with columns of valuable stone, sur- mounted with Byzantine capitals. The whole is covered with a cu- pola. A modification is, however, introduced into the plan; the ex- terior is a square, enclosing the central octagon. The church of Sancta Sophia is also square externally, and the arrangement of the interior preserves all the leading features of that of Sergius and Bacchus. The example of Sancta Sophia affected art everywhere, and the square system was adopted in every part of the east, to the exclusion of the circle and the octagon. The two succeeding engravings, Figs. S & 9, of the Panagia Lycodimo, and Cathedral at Athens, illustrate this. The Panagia Lycodimo is towards Mount Hymettus, on the west of the city ; the Cathedral is now the public library. Fig. 8.—The Panagia Lycomido at [^0 Fig. 9.—The Cathedral of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London : [William Laxton]
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