SANCTA SOPHIA CONSTANTINOPLE
Reading edition
“A work as they report surpassing every edifice in the world.”
William of Malmesbury.
“The fairest church in all the world.”
Sir John Mandeville.
“A marvellous and costful temple, clept St. Sophie.”
Capgrave’s Chronicle.
THE CHURCH OF SANCTA SOPHIA CONSTANTINOPLE A STUDY OF BYZANTINE BUILDING BY W. R. LETHABY & HAROLD SWAINSON
1894
Macmillan & Co. London & New York
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, LONDON AND BUNGAY.