St Sophia rebuilt by Justinian

On this see Lindsay (1847) I p.63:

S. Sophia, as rebuilt by Justinian in the sixth century, has universally been considered as the model of Byzantine Architecture, especially in its cupola, which exhibits the first link in that series of progressive improvements, of which the dome of St. Peter’s in Rome, was the climax and accomplishment.

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