M.

MAGNAURA, a place in the Suburbs, 239

MAHOMET, took the City, 195

MANGANA, a Place of Arms; also a Monastery of that Name, 96

MEDAL, of _Belisarius_, 116

MILIARIUM AUREUM, this was a gilded Pillar, from whence they us’d to adjust the Distances of Places from the City, 152

MODIUS, this generally signifies a Bushel according to English Measure; but I am sensible, I had translated it more properly, had I made it to signify no more than a Peck wanting half a Pint; which is the _Grecian Modius_, 107

MODULES, these are certain Measures invented to regulate the whole Building, 113

MONASTERY, of _Studius_, 259

MORION, a place so call’d, which ran round the _Hippodrom_, 123

MOSAIC WORK, A curious Piece of it, 87

O.

OBELISK, built of _Thebaic_ Marble, 103 Two more _Obelisks_, 104

OVOLO, or Egg, is that Member of Architecture, which is first plac’d on the Top of _Ionic Capitals_, 113

P.

PACES, by this, the Author means the Ordinary Steps a Man takes in Walking, which cannot be exactly reduced to the _Roman Pace_, because they vary according to the different Ascents and Descents of the Ground he walks, 65

PALACE of _Constantine_, 134 of the Grand _Seignor_, 37 of _Justinus_, 120 Other Palaces built by him, 121 Palace of _Maximinus_, 81 Palaces of _Sophia_, 121

PALLADIUM of _Minerva_, 117 Describ’d, 179 How Figur’d, 180

PEDESTAL; this is that Member of Architecture, that supports a Column, having a Base and Cornice different, according to the Difference of the several Orders of Building, 113

PHANARIUM, a Street in _Constantinople_, 236

PHARO, a Watch-Tower; set up as a Guide to Ships at a Distance, 96

PHILOXENON; this Word, by its Derivation from the _Greek_, signifies a publick Place of Entertainment for Travellers, and Strangers. The _Turks_ at present call these Places _Caravansera’s_, 161

PILLAR of _Arcadius_; this is the same Pillar, which is called the Historical Pillar; and which is Represented among the Cuts which I have added to this Book: It is therefore called the Historical Pillar; because it Represents the Actions and Triumphs of that Emperor. It is a plain Marble Column, 147 Foot in Height; work’d in _Basso Relievo_, 250 See _Tournefort_.

PILLAR of MARCIAN; this Pillar is only mention’d by my Author; but since his Time has been discover’d in a private Garden at _Constantinople_, by Sir _G. Wheler_. The Pillar is made of _Granate_, and is thought to have been the Urn, where that Emperor’s Heart was buried, 256 See the same Author.

PILLARS; Of _Constantine_, 156 _Corinthian_, very large, 137 Pillars in the _Hippodrom_, 110, 111, 112 Of _Justinian_, 129 _Porphyry_ Pillar, 172 See also the Cuts. Pillars in the _Senate-House_, 131 Of _Sophia_, 120 Of _Theodosius_, 129 Of _Valentinian_, 256

PLINTH; in Architecture it is taken for that square Member, which makes the Foundation of the Base of the Pillar, 113

PORTICO’S; these were Buildings of curious work, added to publick Structures whether Sacred or Civil.

PORTICO, Of the Church of the Apostles, 221 Imperial _Portico_, where sealed, 150 Other _Portico’s_, full of Statues, 151 _Portico_, called _Sigma_, 221

PRYTANEUM; this was a stately Building, where those who had deserv’d well of the Government, were handsomely maintain’d at the publick Charge. There was such a Structure at _Athens_, for the same purpose, 169

PYRAMIDICAL Engine; its Use and Contrivance, 197

S.

SCOTIA; this is a Member of Architecture hollow’d, or fluted as a Demi-Channel. It is particularly us’d in the _Bases_, where it is plac’d between the _Tore_, and the _Astragals_, 113

SENATE-HOUSE; built by _Constantine_, 132 How adorn’d, 182

SERAGLIO, or the Imperial Palace; a Description of it, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 Where situate, 51 Its Extent, 52

SHAFT of a Pillar is the Body of it, 111

STADIA; these were Places, in the Form of _Circo’s_, for running of Men and Horses, 136

STATUES; Of _Apollo_, 176 Of _Arcadia_, and _Verina_, 79 Of _Arcadius_ and _Honorius_, 197 Of _Ariadne_, 139 Of _Arius_ and others, 154 Of _Byzas_ and _Phidalia_, 141 Of _Constantine_ the _Great_, 170 A Silver Statue of _Eudoxia Augusta_, 101 Two _Female Statues_, 186 Of the _Fortune_ of the City, 154 A gilded _Statue_, and that of _Justinian_, 141 Of _Helena_ and others, 138 Of _Hercules_, 142 _Statues_ in the _Hippodrom_, 108, 109, 110, 111 _Statue_ of old _Homer_ very fine, 78 Of _Justinian_, 127 _Statues_ in the _Lausus_, 159 Of _Leo_ the Emperour, 123 Of _Longinus_, 187 Of the _Muses_, 139 Of Princes, Poets, Historians, and Orators, 99 Of _Pulcheria_, 139 Of _Rhea_, 131 Of _Theodora_, 79 Of _Theodosius_, 125, 129 Of _Trajan_, _Theodosius_, _Valentinian_, _Gibbus_, _Firmillianus_, and _Eutropius_, 142 Of _Zeno_, _Statues_ in the _Bagnio’s_ of _Zeuxippus_, 98

STATUES (mention’d in the _Appendix_) demolish’d by the _Romans_. _Anemodes_, a _Woman_ plac’d on a _Pyramid_, and turning with the Wind, 287 _Animals_; two large ones represented in Brass, 293 _Animals_; two less, 294 An _Ass_ and his _Driver_, 289 _Charioteers_; a Range of them, 293 An _Eagle_ in Brass, entwin’d by a _Serpent_, 290 An _Elephant_, 289 An _Equestrian Statue_ of a Man, 293 An _Equestrian Statue_ in the _Taurus_, 287 A _Helen_ very fine, 291 An _Hesperian Hercules_, 288 A _Horse_ wild, 289 A _Hyæna_, and a _Wolf_, _ibid._ A _Juno_ in Brass, 288 A _Man_ fighting with a _Lyon_, 289 _Neilôus_, a _Horse_, _ib._ Old _Scylla_, ibid. _Sphinx’s_, ibid. a _Woman_, a more modern _Statue_, 293

STRATEGIUM, a kind of a Parade, or Place where the Generals usually pitched their Tents, and exercis’d their Men, 23

SYPARUM; the Flag of a Military Standard, 184

T.

TAURUS; a Street in _Constantinople_, 193

TEMPLES; Of _Amphiaraus_, 274 Of _Apollo_, 120 Of _Bacchus_, 77 Of _Ceres_, 166 Of _Concord_, 120 Of _Diana Lucifera_, 274 Of _Ja_, 259 Of _Juno_, 190 Of _Jupiter_, 97 Of _Neptune_, 76 Of _Pluto_, 190 Of _Proserpina_, 166 Of the Sun and Moon, 208 Of _Tellus_, 166 Of _Venus Placida_, 274

TETRAPYLUM; a Description of it, 196

THEBAIC OBELISK, where fix’d, 103 Its Length, with a Description of it, 104, 105 Manner of Raising it, (See the Cuts) 106

THERMATION; a Place of Bathing, 255

TOMB of _Bajazet_, 194 describ’d, 200 _Tomb_ of _Constantine_, 221 Of _Mahomet_, 55 Of _Mahomet_, _Solyman_’s Son, 202 Of _Mauritius_, 248 Of _Selymus_, 59

TORE; this is the third Member of Architecture in the _Base_ of the Column, which turns round it like a Ring, 113

TRABEATION, 113 See _Entablature_.

TRICLINIUM; this was a place of Publick Entertainment, and was many Times a very sumptuous Building most beautifully adorn’d, 162 The great _Triclinium_ built by _Anastasius_, 246 The _Triclinium_ of _Magnaura_, 239

TRIPOS of _Apollo_; this _Tripos_ was set upon a brazen Pillar made of three Serpents entwin’d, which was about fifteen Foot high, according to _Tournefort_. See the Cut of the _Serpentine_ Pillar, 112

TURKS; their Way of building Pillars, 188