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| Description of the Hemisphere, the Twelve Columns, and their Bowls.
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Chapter XXXVIII.—Description of
the Hemisphere, the Twelve Columns, and their Bowls.
Opposite these gates the crowning part of the whole was the hemisphere,3270
| 3270 [Apparently the altar, which was of a hemispherical, or rather
hemicylindrical form—Bag.] Also a much-discussed question.
Compare Heinichen, vol. 3, p. 521–522. | which rose to the very summit of the
church. This was encircled by twelve columns (according to the number
of the apostles of our Saviour), having their capitals embellished with
silver bowls of great size, which the emperor himself presented as a
splendid offering to his God.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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