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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

stratagem to milk their Parishioners by means of their Sphragides or mark'd Loaves The secular Priests carry every one of them to Church a Houshould loaf and the Clerks and Deacons having cut it into small pieces the Priest blesses them as he distributes to all the Congregation This is observ'd upon all Holy-days and Sundays toward the people But the Priests having thus engag'd the Multitude and unwilling to lose by their charity and benedictions put this trick upon 'em the first Sunday in every Lent to reimburse themselves For then every Family covetous of the Papa's Blessing Bakes and brings to Church a little Loaf made in the form of a Cross of which the four extream parts are like a Lozenge and the middle part round and every part mark'd with the name of Iesus thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 These Loaves the Priest takes and having blest them breaks one Loaf into five parts and gives them to five several people Now in regard those pieces being thus blest are presently endu'd with secret vertues equal to all the Charms Antidotes and Amulets in the world therefore the people are oblig'd to pay for every mark'd piece six blanks by which means one blessed Bun which costs them nothing in regard every Family provides their own Loaf produces them being divided to five persons no less than Twelve or Thirteen Sous which is a very good blessing-interest Yet notwithstanding all these petty cheats and several others which the Priests impose upon the people to pinch mony out of their pockets those poor Christians are the most zealous to obey their orders and injunctions of any people in the world and to give them whatever they demand They firmly believe that a Papa can never tell a lye and that no Oracle spoke such truth as what a Greek Priest utters whatever his ignorance and how low and self Interested soever his soul may be It is impossible to make a Levantine acknowledge that the Bishops Priests and other Ministers of their Church being so lumpishly dull and sottish as they are are uncapable of instructing them in matters of Faith which are above their reach And therefore they choose rather blindly to obey their commands than to suffer themselves to be better taught or convinc'd of their errours Of their Faith AS for what concerns their Faith they neither know what they believe nor what it is they ought to believe Their Papa's never speak a word of Catechisms Articles of Faith of Hope or Charity or if at any time a Papa mounts the Pulpit 't is not so much to make a pious exhortation to the people nor to direct them how to lead their lives like Christians nor so much as to read a good Homily which is more easy but to gain the Two Crowns which is generally given to the Preacher for his Sermon which as the people do not understand so neither do the Papa's know what they say And which is more they draul out their words at such a distance one from another that though they stand a full hour in their Pulpits yet they hardly utter Four Hundred words in all the time Nevertheless they are in high esteem and the poor people that understand not nay some that heard not a word the Papa said cry one to an other as they go home Psila Emiliseno Didascalos What a rare Preacher was this what wonderful things has he said Thereupon I once ask'd some of their Adorers what it was they so much admir'd and what it was their Parson had told them that was so charming to their ears But when I found that not one of them could remember the least tittle of what they so highly commended I made answer Psila Emiliseno Didascalos diatiden heptases Most certainly your Preacher spoke Mysteries for I find that none of you know what he said Of their Sacraments COncerning the Administration of the Sacraments they are by them administred after a manner so different and disagreeing from the first Institution of the sacred Mysterie that you would swear they either believe not in what they do or else that they take little care of what they are about They number Seven Sacraments but to make short work of it they administer but Three Baptisme Confirmation and the Eucharist they give them all together to Infants Forty days after the birth sometimes later sometimes sooner at the pleasure of the Parents or as necessity requires Penitence Extream Vnction and the Eucharist they make use of all together likewise five times a year at Easter Saint Peter's St. Paul's the Assumption of our Lady and Christmas the Order and Marriage they confirm both together and upon the same person Concerning Baptisme when the Child is in a condition to be Baptiz'd they make choise of a Godfather and Godmother if it be a Boy if a Girl they many times content themselves with a Godmother only Then the Infant is carry'd to Church where he is plunged over head and ears in the Colymbitra or Font of Baptisme Which done the Godfather carry's the Child Midwife-like to the great door of the Sanctuary where they anoint the Childs head neck stomach shoulders armpits hands elbows leggs and feet Which done they put upon the Infant a white shirt and wastcoate and such other accoutrements as are requisite which they never put off in eight days after At what time the Godfather and Godmother carry the Child again to Church there to have all the Childs swaths and linnen wash'd which he has foul'd during the eight days All which is done in a little stone Vessel bored through in the middle lest the sacred Oyls that besmear'd the Infants Cloaths should be profan'd by powring away the water that wash'd them upon the Ground This Oyl is highly esteem'd among the Eastern Christians especially among the Armenians who some while since had a great dispute in Law upon this very subject Their Patriarch who generally resides in the upper Armenia lives in a large convent which the Armenians in their Language call Echemiazin the Turks in regard of its three Churches Vscha Klisia and the Europeans the Three Churches It is seated in a large Plain at the foot of the famous Mountain Ararat This Patriarch was wont always to make the Myron for so is the holy Oyl call'd and sent it from time to time to all the Armenian Bishops as well those in Persia and Turkie as to all the rest who had not permission to make this Oyl which was a priviledg only belonging to the Patriarch But it happen'd that about Ten years since the Bishop of Ierusalem having an Ambition to make himself Patriarch for that Iacob Vartabiet the present Catholicoës or Patriarch of Armenia had given over his trade by an immediate power from the Grand Signor fell to work himself and made such a quantity of the holy Oyl as 't is thought would suffice all the Armenians in Turkie for several years which new Ierusalem Myron has caus'd such a