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The Church of Sancta Sophia

by W. R. Lethaby & Harold Swainson

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I
  4. 4Chapter II — Justinian’s Church
  5. 5Part I
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Ambo
  7. 7Chapter V — The Ritual Arrangements and Interior Parts of the Church
  8. 8§ 1 — Relics
  9. 9§ 2 — Lighting
  10. 10Chapter VII — Later History and Legends — § 1 — History
  11. 11§ 2 — The Anonymous Account
  12. 12§ 3 — Legends
  13. 13Chapter VIII — Fossati’s Reparations. Salzenberg’s Description
  14. 14Chapter IX — The Ancient Precincts and External Parts of the Church
  15. 15Chapter X — Building Forms and the Builders — § 1 — Origins
  16. 16§ 2 — The Builders of the Church
  17. 17§ 3 — Original Form of the Church
  18. 18§ 4 — Structural System and Vaulting
  19. 19Chapter XI — Marble Masonry — § 1 — Building Procedure
  20. 20§ 2 — Marble Quarries
  21. 21§ 3 — Application of Marble
  22. 22§ 4 — Marble Masonry
  23. 23Chapter XII — Bronze, Mosaics, Inscriptions — § 1 — Bronze Work
  24. 24§ 2 — Mosaic
  25. 25§ 3 — Glass, Plaster and Painting
  26. 26§ 4 — Monograms and Inscriptions

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