. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. an celebratedthe second dedication of a temple, which remains,after twelve centuries, a stately monument of hisfame. Ihe architecture of St. Sophia, which is nowconverted into the ])rincipal mosque, has been imi-tated by the Turkish sultans, and that venerablel)ile continues to excite the fond admiration of theGreeks, and the more rational curiosity of Europeantravellers. The eye of the spectator is an irregular prosjiect of half dome
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. an celebratedthe second dedication of a temple, which remains,after twelve centuries, a stately monument of hisfame. Ihe architecture of St. Sophia, which is nowconverted into the ])rincipal mosque, has been imi-tated by the Turkish sultans, and that venerablel)ile continues to excite the fond admiration of theGreeks, and the more rational curiosity of Europeantravellers. The eye of the spectator is an irregular prosjiect of half domes and shelvingroofs : the western front, the principal aj)proach, isdestitute of simplicity and magnificence ; and thescale of dimensions has been much surpassed byseveral of the Latin cathedrals. But the architectwho first erected an aerial cupola is entitled to thepraise of bold design and skilful execution. JheFiR. 109. piAN or CHUHCH OK ST. SOPHIA. (louic of St. Sophia, illuminated by four and twenty windows, is formed with so small a curve, that thedepth is orly one-sixth of its diameter ; the measure of that diameter is 106 ft. 7^ 08 HISTORY OF ARCIIITECTUIIK. Book. I
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