. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. Fig. 85.—Church of St. Nicodemus at Athens. vaults, whose ends were afterward treated as semi-circular pediments, as in the Church of Monetes- 232 THE BYZANTIXE STYLE. Koras (Home of the Virgin) in Armenia, whosefacade probably suggested that of the sumptuousCathedral of St. Mark at FlG. 86.—Church of St. Theodore at Alliens. The interior decorations of the second periodwere much the same as those of the first, and included B YZANTINE MOSAICS. 233 costly marbles, frescoes, and mosaics of small preciousstones or cu
. The story of architecture: an outline of the styles in all countries. Fig. 85.—Church of St. Nicodemus at Athens. vaults, whose ends were afterward treated as semi-circular pediments, as in the Church of Monetes- 232 THE BYZANTIXE STYLE. Koras (Home of the Virgin) in Armenia, whosefacade probably suggested that of the sumptuousCathedral of St. Mark at FlG. 86.—Church of St. Theodore at Alliens. The interior decorations of the second periodwere much the same as those of the first, and included B YZANTINE MOSAICS. 233 costly marbles, frescoes, and mosaics of small preciousstones or cubes of crystal. The manner of making gold mosaic was peculiarlyeconomical and successful, for each disk was merelycovered with a bit of gold leaf, over which was laida film of glass, thus preserving the gold from dirt andinjury. All the gold mosaics of St. Marks at Veniceare of this kind, aswell as those of , and thesehave stood the test oftime for thirteen cen-turies. Greece boasts alarge number of Neo-Byzantine buildings,there being some-thing over a hundredon Mount Athosalone, while Misitra(the ancient Sparta)and Athens still re-tain typical examplesof the style. One of the most beautiful specimens is the Churchof St. Theodore (Fig. 86), which was erected in hon-our of a general of the Achasans who saved Greecefrom pillage during the invas
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