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FOUR OF the; eight splendid serpentine columns in SANCTA SOPHIA BROUGHT 



FROM Diana's ephesian temple 



There are 107 columns in Sancta Sophia which were gathered from the most famous 

 temples of the classic world. "Despite all their efforts to transform Sancta Sophia, its 

 Christian characteristics can be effaced only by its own destruction. Its structural form has 

 always resisted the requirements of the Moslem ritual. It resembles a mighty captive, ever 

 mutely protesting against his chains" (see page 482). 



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