Constantinople in the month of August
He himself at once set out from Constantinople in the month of August in the fourth Indiction, leaving Isaac in the capital to carry...
The Roman and Venetian fleets guarded the straits
But as he could not proceed to put his plans into action, for strong winds were blowing at the time and he feared shipwreck,...
Procopios on the Great Church – Hagia Sophia
Justinian’s great building project of the Church of the Holy Wisdom – Hagia Sophia – was completed in a few short years of building,...
Byzantine Architecture
A mixed style, i.e. a style composed of Graeco-Roman and Oriental elements which, in earlier centuries, cannot be clearly separated. The form of the...
Most manifold influences from the East
Only this much is certain: that in those early centuries local diversities are found everywhere; and that, even although Italy may have received the...
