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CAPITAL, the Top of a Pillar, 113

CAPITOL; This was a large Temple, where they celebrated their Festivals and Triumphs, and to which they repair’d upon publick Occasions, 203

CAPOCHEE’S, the drudging Porters among the _Turks_, 38

CHALCA, a Description of it, 134

CHALCOPRATIA, the Places where they worked their Brass, 148

CARAVANSERA, a Place built like an Inn for the Reception of Strangers and Travellers, 52

CERAS, or CHERAS, a Bay which divides _Galata_ from the City, and is so called, because it winds round like a _Horn_, 20

CHRYSOSTOM St., banish’d, 102

CHURCH of St. _Anthony_, _Blessed Virgin_, St. _John Baptist_, 28 Of _Anastasia_ and _Hirena_, 192 Of St. _Agathonicus_, 80 Of the _Apostles_, 221 Of the _Blachernæ_, 63 Of _Bacchus_, and _Sergius_, 117 Of St. _Euphemia_, 124 Of St. _Irene_, 101 Of St. _Marcian_, 114 Of St. _Mina_, of _Mocius_ and St. _Anne_, 260 Of St. _Peter_ and St. _Paul_, 117 Of St. _Paul_, 204 Of St. _Polyclete_, 124 Of _Procopius_, of the Martyr _Theca_, 121 Of St. _Theodore_, 202 And of St. _Thomas_, 120

CHURCH, without the Walls of the City. This Church was called Χριστὸς χώρας, that is, a Church sacred to _Christ_, in a Monastery call’d _Chora_; because when first built it stood in the Suburbs, 242 See _Cantacuzenus_.

CHURCH of St. _Sophia_, situate in the Imperial Precinct, 81 By whom built, 82 By what Architects, 84 Its Length, Breadth, and Height, 86 Incrusted with elegant Marble of all Kinds, 87 Its Roof, Pillars, and Arches, _ibid._ The whole Architecture of it describ’d from _Page_ 87, to 95

CIRCUS MAXIMUS, a Place of a large oblong Figure, built for the Exercise of Martial Sports, with Seats for the Spectators, 103

CISTERN, of _Bonus_, 28 Of _Mocisia_, 66 Imperial Cistern, whose Roof is supported with 336 Marble Pillars, discovered by the Author, 147 More Cisterns, 162 Cistern of _Theodosius_, 169 Of _Arcadius_ and _Modestus_, 124 Of _Justinian_, 260 Of St. _Benedict_, 275

COCHLIA, This was a Gate of the City, and so call’d, as I conceive, because it had winding Stairs within it, 116

COLOSSUS, Its Description and Size, 108, 109

COLUMNA VIRGINEA, 58

CONSTANTINE. An Account of his fine Buildings, 23, 24 A Prince of Remarkable Clemency and Goodness, 28 His Military Standard, 183 The Story of his seeing the Cross in the Heavens vindicated, 84 His Coffin, 222

CONSTANTINOPLE, its delightful Situation, 1 Its Strength, 2 Its Commodities, 3 Conveniencies of its Port, 5 Is the Key of the _Mediterranean_ and _Black Sea_, 6 Its choice Wines, 7 Its Timber, 8 Its Fish, 9 Temperature of its Climate, _ibid._ The Disposition of its Inhabitants, 10 The Fortress of all _Europe_, 11 Its Magnificence and vast Extent, 24, 25 Its Figure, 29 Its Compass and Length, 30 Its Breadth, 31 Strength, and Stateliness of its Walls, 67 By whom built and repair’d, 68 Its several Gates, 70 The long Walls of it by whom built, 72 Divided into 14 Wards, 73

CORNICE; this signifies the third, and highest Part of the _Entablature_, 113

CYCLOBION; this was a round Castle in the City, and some time a Palace, 239

CYNEGION; this was the same Kind of Building with the _Theatrum Venatorium_ in antient _Rome_, 244