This temple, then, the emperor erected as a conspicuous monument of the Saviour's resurrection, and embellished it throughout on an imperial scale of magnificence. He further enriched it with numberless offerings of inexpressible beauty and various materials, -- gold, silver, and precious stones, the skillful and elaborate arrangement of which, in regard to their magnitude, number, and variety, we have not leisure at present to describe particularly. [3272]

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Footnotes:

[3272] Some idea of various features of this building may be gathered from the cuts and descriptions of other basilicas in Fergusson, History of Architecture, 1((1874), 400 sq.; Lübke, Geschichte der Architektur, 1((Lpg. 1875), 229 sq.; Langl.'s series of Bilder zur Geschichte, &c.