BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE 



BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE. 



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Of this F.rst Period of Byzantine architecture which is considered to 

 extend over a couple of centuries, from about 330 to 500, there are 

 h..wever, few, if any, examples remaining which enable us to trace the 



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 destroyed by fire; after the eVe of John rh !"' had beeu twioe 



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be said that during this, ite First Period, Byzantine archf 

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 Second Period is however, that of Byzantine architecture 



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Sophia, enumerates the colours, the shades, and the spotf of ten or 



