Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ib ; this is formed with a bonnetat each end to fit the arcade and the window respectively,and closed in the middle with a sort of square dome,a curious device which occurs elsewhere in the brickvaults of Constantinople. The arcades have no charmingByzantine capitals, but only a pulvino with a monogramset on the top of the shaft which has nothing but a shallowmoulding to receive it (Plate XVI). All this seems to mevery inconsistent with an early date, and points to muchsubsequent alteration. The apse has a large simple crosson a gold ground, and round th
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . ib ; this is formed with a bonnetat each end to fit the arcade and the window respectively,and closed in the middle with a sort of square dome,a curious device which occurs elsewhere in the brickvaults of Constantinople. The arcades have no charmingByzantine capitals, but only a pulvino with a monogramset on the top of the shaft which has nothing but a shallowmoulding to receive it (Plate XVI). All this seems to mevery inconsistent with an early date, and points to muchsubsequent alteration. The apse has a large simple crosson a gold ground, and round the arch is the Greek in-scription alluded to above in the account of S. Sophia atSalonica^ * In Salzenbergs time S. Irene was used as a military magazine as ithad been ever since the conquest, and he says he was only allowed to seethe narthex and the nave, and that his plans are mainly conjectural. Theydo not in many respects agree with fact, and must be taken as onlyapproximately correct. In my Fig. 26 I have introduced such amendments.
Size: 2127px × 1175px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorjacksont, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1913
