CONSTANTINOPLE. 1/3 
letters of gold, upon a serpent's gut, one hundred chap, 
and twenty feet in length*. Georgius Cedrenus, 
cited by Gyllius, speaking of this Library, 
gave the same account of it that was affirmed 
by Zonaras ; adding, that it contained " the 
HISTORIES OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 
GREATEST HEROES IN THE SEVERAL AGES OF 
THE WORLD ^" GylUus bclievcd that the form 
of the Basilica was quadrangular, in oppo- 
sition to those who had described it as an 
octagon '' . 
Afterwards, we saw the Aqueduct by which Aqueduct 
•' of the Ko- 
the Cisternce of the city were principally, if »»"« Em- 
perors, 
not wholly, supplied. It is called by the 
Turks, Bosdoghan-kemer ; and was first erected 
by Hadrian, before the foundation of a new 
city by Constantine, and called after his name. 
Subsequently, it bore the name of Valens, and 
of Theodosius. Being ruined by the Avars in 
the reign of Heraclius, it was repaired by one 
(f)) " Inter ilia erat draconis intestinum, loni^um centum et viginti 
pedes, habens inscripta Uteris aureis Homeri poeraata, Iliadem et 
Odysseam." (Ibid.) If this manuscript were dow in existence, it 
would be fairlj' worth as many qnzneas as it contained letters. 
(6) " Inerant etiara in hac Bibliotheca historic heroiim res gcstas 
eontinentes," &c. Ibid. p. 2381. 
(7) Ibid. 
