Saksagan
Subsequent promotion
The third and last daughter was very tall, curt and glib of tongue, but not so beautiful as her sister. Their uncle, the emperor...
Essentially Oriental character of Byzantine architecture
The Oriental love of splendour is shown in the piling up of domes and still more in facing the walls with slabs of marble,...
Koimesis or Dormitio in Nicaea
A type appearing more frequently is the domical church plan or the Greek-cross plan. The Koimesis, or Dormitio, in Nicaea (ninth century) has a...
Paul the Silentiary – the Magnificence of Hagia Sophia
Here are some short extracts from a famous encomium by Paul the Silentiary, in which he draws on the imagery of Hagia Sophia...
Inconstant character of the Latins
Most gladly Bohemund received them and with many gracious thanks he left, intending to return to his rest in the inn. But changing his...
Raymond of Toulouse
One of them especially, the Count of St. Gilles, he particularly favored because he saw in him superior prudence, tested sincerity, candor of bearing,...
Nephew of Bohemund and a youth of most independent spirit
The Emperor received them on their arrival at Pelecanum with magnificence and the greatest show of goodwill. At length, when they were assembled, he...
