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8. A portion of the figure of an armed angel. Above No. 8 and at the side of the window: 9. Two men carrying a bier or platform. In front of them a third person giving directions. 10. In the arched recess: full-length figures of Andronicus II. and his family. In the soffit of the arch, the head of Christ in a medallion, with rays issuing from behind the aureola. 11. and 12. In the spandrils above the recess: two heads in medallions. 13. In the dome vault: the Last Judgment. Christ in judgment fills the centre; behind Him are the twenty-four elders seated on a long throne; farther back is gathered the heavenly host. [Illustration: PLATE XCII. S. SAVIOUR IN THE CHORA. ARCHIVOLT ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE PARECCLESION, WITH THE EPITAPH IN HONOUR OF TORNIKES. _To face page 330._] 14. On the north-eastern pendentive: the Virgin and Child in a Paradise, with trees on a white background. 15. On the south-eastern pendentive: the Mouth of Hell. 16. On the south pilaster of the dome: an armed angel. 17. Above that angel, on the arch: a man bearing the Seven-Branched Candlestick, and beside him another man bearing with both hands some object above his head, perhaps the Table of Shew Bread. 18. On the northern pilaster: a warrior. 19. In the centre of the arch: the Head of Christ in a medallion. The Western Bay. 20. At the south-western corner where the wall is much damaged, a saint. 21. Above No. 20, to the west of the window: Christ appearing to His disciples. 22. To the east of the window, an indistinct scene, perhaps the Entombment. 23. At the north-western corner: S. Samona. 24. A saint, not named. 25. Over the door two saints, one of whom holds a cross. 26. The northern archway: In the centre is the door to the narrow passage between the parecclesion and the church. To the left, Jacob's Ladder; to the right, Moses at the Burning Bush. In the bush is a medallion of the Virgin and Child, and from the bush an angel addresses Moses, who holds his veil in his hand. 27, 28, 29, 30. In the pendentives of the dome: the Four Evangelists sitting at desks. 31. The dome is divided into twelve segments by ribs, and is pierced by twelve windows. Above each window is an angel holding a spear, and below him is the legend 'Holy.' In the crown are the Virgin and Child in a medallion. 32. A saint holding a small cross; below, in the south wall, the archivolt with the epit
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