Note 436 — Chapter X · THE BYZANTINES

The suggestion that the Bethlehem basilica is later than Constantine’s age seems to be only true in part. Much of the building is undoubtedly later. The mosaics date only from the twelfth century, and the roof of the transept from 1482. But the pillars of the basilica appear to be of Constantine’s age, and to be still in situ (see “Mem. West Pal. Survey,” 1883, vol. iii. p. 85).