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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A42086	A late voyage to Constantinople containing an exact description of the Proportis and Hellespont, with the Dardanels, and what else is remarkable in those seas, as also of the city of Constantinople ... : likewise an account of the ancient and present state of the Greek Church, with the religion and manner of worship of the Turks, their ecclesiastical government, their courts of justice, and civil employments : illustrated ... in fourteen copper-plates ... / published by command of the French King by Monsieur William Joseph Grelot ; made English by J. Philips.; Relation nouvelle d'un voyage de Constantinople. English	Grelot, Guillaume-Joseph, b. ca. 1630.; Phillips, John, 1631-1706.	1683 (1683)	Wing G1934; ESTC R5793	148,879	261

below could hardly reach it True it is that History tells us of another Domo that far surpass'd the present but that it seems to spare the curious the trouble and the lost labour of staring upon it at such a distance where they could not discover it fell down it self to the ground where it might be discern'd with more ease It brake down with its fall several things among the rest the Emperour and the Patriarch's seats which were plac●d at the two parts of the Church mark'd with the letter c. However as I have said Iustinian caus'd it to be set up again and to make it more light as they that believe the Greeks assure us he caus'd it to be made all of pumice stone with some light sort of Mortar to cement the parts together Could I have got up to the top to have examin'd the truth I would have done it with all my heart but as things now stand no Christian is permitted to soar so high unless he will be content to leave his Preputium below for fear of over charging the building which according to the opinion of the Turks would certainly fall with the weight of an Uncircumcis'd Christian. I leave it therefore to others to satisfy the Readers Curiosity in that particular But this I am sure of that all the under part of the Domo is lin'd all over with several Crosses trefoyld and flower-delis'd in Mosaic work and that the outside is cover'd with Lead with a Gilded Crescent instead of a Pinacle in the place were the Cross formerly shew'd it self This Domo of which the largeness and the place are mark'd in the following Plate with a circle of points covers the best part of that which may be call'd the Body of the Church For the Quire was enclos'd from the eastern extremity of this Circle to the separation mark'd with a double line pointed at the letters a a a which shew the place where stood the holy doors and it extended to the right and left hand as far as the two semi-circles mark'd H. H. The entrance into the Church was from the west extremity of the same Circle to the Three doors of the middle at the letter I. Extending to the right and left hand like the Quire between the two letters H. H. which shew the two West semi-circles opposite to those of the Quire The space cover'd by the Domo is just the middle of the Greek Cross which composes the figure of the Church The head of this Greek Cross toward the East contains the Quire and Sanctum Sanctorum the lower end towards the west comprehends the entrance and doors of the Church The wings consist of two Parallelogram spaces one of which runs to the North and the other to the South mark'd in the Platform with the directions f. G. Now in regard this Cross is as it were enchas'd in a square that represents the walls of the Church there appear also four other void spaces at the four Corners of the Square which are mark'd with the letter H. An Explanation of Figure V. ✚ The middle of the Church of Sancta Sophia cover'd with a large Domo A. The place were formerly stood the only Altar belonging to this Church a a a. The Doors of the Sanctum Sanctorum B. The Turks Mehrabe which is to them instead of an Altar toward which all the Mahometans turn themselves when they pray it is made like a Nich in a wall wherein they put the Alchoran and is plac'd toward Mecka where Mahomet lyes intomb'd to which part of the world all the Mosquees are turn'd C. The Muftie's Mamber or the place where he reads Prayers during Ramazan or Lent and all the time of Bairam or upon other solemn Festivals of the Mahometans ● The Grand Signors entrance into the Mosquee ● The Grand Signors Closet where he hears divine Worship c. The places where formerly stood the Seats for the Patriarch and Emperour THE PLATFORM OF SANCTA SOPHIA D. Are the Four large Pillars which support the Domo d. Are Four little Pillars which together with the Four large Pillars support six large Semi-Domes of which Three appear toward the East and Three toward the West E. All these letters denote so many easie stair-cases by which the Women went up to the Galleries F. All these semicircular overtures are so many windows that give light to the Church f. The doors through which the Priests and Deacons went to perfume the Womens Gallery G. These are four great Columns of speckl'd Egyptian Marble all of a piece each Four Foot in Diameter These Four Columns sustain Six other lesser than themselves which form the Galleries above on each side of the Church H. These are Four Semi-Circles form'd out of Four great Pillars and two other lesser between which are two Columns of Porphyrie plac'd upon Pedestalls of White Marble These Two Columns support six other lesser belonging to the upper Galleries that sustain the Cupola above I. The great Gate or Door leading into the Church having Four others that are less and lower of each side K. The Stone work rais'd between the Four great Columns and the Four great Pillars which were formerly separate but are now contiguous by reason of the Brick-work represented by little points belonging to this letter L. The great Vestibulum or Porch into which you may enter at sixteen doors Nine to the East Five to the West One to the North and One to the South M. The Four Steeples N. The first Portico or Vestibulum formerly call'd the Nartex O. A great square Tower which was formerly the Steeple where the Bells hung P. The pair of stairs that lead to the Cocks that belong to the great Cistern under the Church For all the under part of the Foundation is square and full of water that gently falls from the roof which has made some to think that a man may go by water through subterraneal passages from Sancta Sophia to the Sea Q. The outward Doors of the Church R. The Fountains where the Turks wash themselves before they go to prayers S. A Court belonging to some Officers of the Mosquee T. Their Chambers V. A great Vessel where they wash their linnen and other cloathes X. A little Chapel formerly the Vestrey like the Vestrey of St. Peters or St. Stephens the Round in Rome Now 't is only a place where they keep Oates and Hey for the conveniency of the Grand Signors stables adjoyning Having sufficiently describ'd the Domo that covers the Cross which forms the middle part of Sancta Sophia I now come to what is to be found round about adjoyning The Eastern part of the Cross is a large semi-circle cover'd with a Demi-Dome made like the back of an Oven Round about this great semi-circle which is taken out of the breadth of the grand Domo are to be seen Three others lesser which are also cover'd with their half Cupola's of which Two stand upon the right and left