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456 456 BYZANTIXE AECHITECTURE, Part II. it was intended to be very like the fagade shown in Woodcut No. 899. Not far from Mone tes Koras there are two other churches of the same class and of about the same age. One, the Pantokrator, has been added to at various times so as to cover a large space of oround, but it consists consequently of small and ill-assorted p.arts. It retains, however, a good deal of its marble pavements and other features of interest. The other, known as the Fetije Jamissi, is smaller and more complete, and possesses some mosaics of considerable beauty. The best example of its class, however, in Constantinople is that known as the Theotokos. Like those just mentioned it is very small, the church itself being only 37 ft. by 45, and, though its double narthex and lateral adjuncts add con- siderably to its dimensions, it is still only a very small church. Some parts of it are as old as the 9th or 10th century, but the fa9ade represented in Woodcut No. 901 is certainly not older than the 12th century. Taking it altogether, it is 900. Plan of the Theotokos. ,, '^ ^ -, ■, Scale 100 ft. to 1 in. perhaps the most complete and elegant church of its class now known to exist in or near the capital, and many of its details are of great beauty and perfection. 901. Elevation of Church of Theotokos. (From Lenoir, "Architecture Monastique.") Enlarged scale. It seems scarcely possible to suppose that the meagre half-dozen of small churches just enumerated are all that were erected in the capital