My favourite quote about the Hagia Sophia, from Procopius’ De Aedificiis (557 AD): ”For it soars to a height to match the sky, and as if surging up from among

My favourite quote about the Hagia Sophia, from Procopius’ De Aedificiis (557 AD): ”For it soars to a height to match the sky, and as if surging up from among the other buildings it stands on high and looks down upon the remainder of the city, adorning it, because it is a part of it, but glorying in its own beauty.”