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962 31. building and architecture<br />

(a)<br />

(b)<br />

Fig. 58 Constantinople: (a) isometric drawing and (b) plan <strong>of</strong> Sts Sergius and Bacchus, built by<br />

Justinian in 524–7. In contrast to most aisled tetraconch churches, the increased number and<br />

weight <strong>of</strong> the internal piers <strong>of</strong> this church provided an adequate support for a masonry dome.<br />

(From Mango, Byzantine Architecture figs. 109–10)<br />

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