Paul the Silentiary's Description of the Altar, Ciborium and Balustrade of Hagia Sophia in A.D. 563

Paul the Silentiary's Description of the Altar, Ciborium and Balustrade of Hagia Sophia in A.D. 563 Today I wanted to share a description of the altar, ciborium and chancel screen of the great Eastern Roman church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. This particular description was written in the year 563 by Paul the Silentiary, a Byzantine courtier in the service of the Em…