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Title: More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Chandler, Anna Curtis
Subjects: Children's stories Storytelling
Publisher: New York : H. Holt
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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red. On the twenty-fourth of December, Christmas Eve,in 537 A. D., was the great church completed, afternearly six years of work, and on that day was helda splendid celebration. A long procession marchedfrom the palace, the Emperor and the Empress at thehead in a great chariot drawn by many horses. Loudwas the cheering as they passed, for the people knewthat the Emperor was now seeking to help and not tooppress them, and among the poor on that very dayhad he distributed sheep and fowls, and thirty thou-sand measures of wheat. At the lofty entrance Eu-tychius, the old and white-haired man of the city, re-ceived them, but Justinian walked alone through thedoorway, crying, Glory be to God who has thoughtme worthy to finish this work. Solomon, I havesurpassed thee/: JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA 47 Then the long procession of the court and thechurch officials entered the church, and wonder filledthe hearts of all—men, women, and children—as theygazed about them. It seemed as if some midnight
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INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF SANCTA SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE Just try to imagine how wonderful the church must have been with its gold andjewels and little cubes of glass; and look for the graceful columns and the manywindows in the great dome. sun illumined the glories of the temple, or as if theywere gazing on the stars of the heavens, so bright wasit, and its beauty was marvelous to behold, decoratedwith gold and jewels from dome to pavement. Mo- 48 JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA saics were there on the walls formed of glass and cutinto small cubes all gold and silver and bright incolors, and formed into patterns of saints and angels:while on the pavements were mosaics of coloredstones. In purple were Justinian and Theodoradressed and on their heads were diadems of gold, andthey were led by the old and white-haired Eutychius;they went to their royal seats, followed by the clergyand by the lords and ladies of the court. The sol-diers armor gleamed, the sound of chanting washeard, and the scent o

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