This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...ignorant were the historians of the last age. 1.--Those which were connected together, and 2.--Those which were detached. The first class I subdivide as follows: --1. The Palace of the Chrysotriklinos. 2. The Palace of the Triconchos. 3. The Palace of the Daphne. Thus, I think, we shall be better able-to understand the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ...ignorant were the historians of the last age. 1.--Those which were connected together, and 2.--Those which were detached. The first class I subdivide as follows: --1. The Palace of the Chrysotriklinos. 2. The Palace of the Triconchos. 3. The Palace of the Daphne. Thus, I think, we shall be better able-to understand the much confused account of the Byzantine writers. I may remark that the plan given in this work differs greatly from those given by Labarte, and in consequence my classification of the palace buildings is not the same as his. The Palace of the Chrysotriklinos. THE CHRYSOTRIKLINOS. This, the most magnificent of the Imperial buildings, lay to the West of, i.e. above, the Pharos, which is still standing, and was anciently the most easterly of the Palace buildings within the precincts. We find no record of any other building to the East of it or the Pharos. Constantine Porphyrogennetos mentions this hall more frequently than any other of the Imperial buildings, and, as I have said above, often refers to it as "the palace."1 It was built from the foundation by Justin II. nephew of Justinian (d. 578). It had eight chambers communicating with a central hall,2 which was domed, and lighted by sixteen windows.3 Here stood the throne of the Emperor,4 and in front of it, as would appear from Constantine Porphyrogennetos, were brazen rails.5 On either side of the Emperor sat any princes who might be present.8 The north side of the Chrysotriklinos was called the left, and the south the right, because at ceremonies and banquets the Emperor always stood or sat facing the East. 1 But., v., 21. 3 IToXXdKis Se avweariwvrcu rois dpxovaiv iv riS iraXariV rwv Baxepvwvr xal SeCrjs eUrtpx.ovTM e/ T Iraotiok. Cons. P., Vol. I., p. 560. Kox TM l&v ivaKtbpwv...
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