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Paul Silentarios: Poet and courtier under Justinian I.
Born to a noble and wealthy family, he is the author of a lengthy
description of St Sophia celebrating Justinian's restoration
of the church in 562.
Pendentive: A triangular segment of a sphere, bordered
by arches, and resulting from the interpenetration of a cubic
space and a hemisphere.
Portico: Separate building or roofed room, where one
of the outer walls was replaced by at least one series of columns
(colonnades).
Prokopios: General BelisariosÕ secretary and legal adviser
(527-539), high official and author. Born in Caesarea (Palestine)
around 500, died around 560. ProkopiosÕ works, probably written
in the 550's, are a primary source of information on Justinian's
reign. His ÔWarsÕ (Hyper ton polemon logoi) give detailed accounts
of military and diplomatic exploits, many of which he witnessed
personnally. His second work, entitled ÔBuildingsÕ (Peri ktismaton)
describes the numerous construction works undertaken by Justinian.
His notorious ÔSecrete HistoryÕ (Anekdota) is a vicious invective
against Justinian, Theodora and other principals of the reign.
Prothesis: Small room used for the preparation of the
bread and wine of the eucharist.
Putto: Personnification of Love, depicted as a winged
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