The "speckled Phrygian stone" of this building is described in an ekphrasis by Paul the Silentiary. A structure in this building that is always moist was thought to cure malaria and is called the "Sweating Column." A group of circular marble slabs in this building is named the Omphalion. Giuseppe and Gaspare Fossati were hired to renovate this building, leading them to conclude that the oft-spat on grave of (*) Enrico Dandolo in it is merely a memorial. Four pendentives were used to support the cupola of this building designed by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Dedicated to the Logos, it was turned into a museum by Kemal Ataturk
The "speckled Phrygian stone" of this building is described in an ekphrasis by Paul the Silentiary. A structure in this building that is always moist was thought to cure malaria and is called the "Sweating Column." A group of circular marble slabs in this building is named the Omphalion. Giuseppe and Gaspare Fossati were hired to renovate this building, leading them to conclude that the oft-spat on grave of (*) Enrico Dandolo in it is merely a memorial. Four pendentives were used to support the cupola of this building designed by Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Dedicated to the Logos, it was turned into a museum by Kemal Ataturk. Emperor Justinian financed, for 10 points, what large building, at one time a church and a mosque in Istanbul?
The "speckled Phrygian stone" of this building is described in an ekphrasis by Paul the Silentiary.