Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . It shows a distinct decline in the arts fromthe palmy days of S. Sophia by the details which aremuch coarser, as may be seen by the windows of theg j^^yy small apses (Plate XVIII). Similar windows occur atThrantos ^* ^^^V Panachrautos, but the cap and base there aredecorated with surface carving. Still the general effectof the Pantocrator is fine, and there is much to admire inthis and the other churches of the same period. Thewalls retain traces of fresco painting, with which thewhole interior was no doubt once Theo- The Pantocrator is one of

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Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . It shows a distinct decline in the arts fromthe palmy days of S. Sophia by the details which aremuch coarser, as may be seen by the windows of theg j^^yy small apses (Plate XVIII). Similar windows occur atThrantos ^* ^^^V Panachrautos, but the cap and base there aredecorated with surface carving. Still the general effectof the Pantocrator is fine, and there is much to admire inthis and the other churches of the same period. Thewalls retain traces of fresco painting, with which thewhole interior was no doubt once Theo- The Pantocrator is one of the largest of the later Tyrone churchcs, and the span of the widest of the naves anddomes is about 22 ft. But in general the scale issmaller: at S. Theodore Tyrone (Kilisse Mesjidi)(Fig. 27) the span is only about 14 ft. The latter isexternally the prettiest church in Constantinople withits arcaded and colonnaded front, and its four dome- T m -\\ ^^^? Plate XVIII r. ^ Si^.if. S. SAVIOUR PANTOCRATOR—CONSTANTINOPLE / il. ill I ^^^^: ?.(^4 ^m^^ mi - (•--Av^ o

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