{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/201/2010556.htm","path":"chr/ecf/201/2010556.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/201/2010556.htm","text":"Chapter XXXVII.\u2014Description of the Double Porticos on Either Side, and of the Three Eastern Gates.\nBesides this were two porticos on each side, with upper and lower ranges of pillars, 3268 corresponding in length with the church itself; and these also had their roofs ornamented with gold. Of these porticos, those which were exterior to the church were supported by columns of great size, while those within these rested on piles 3269 of p. 530 stone beautifully adorned on the surface. Three gates, placed exactly east, were intended to receive the multitudes who entered the church.\nWhether this means two series, one underground and one above (Molz. and many), or not, is fully discussed by Heinichen in a separate note (Eusebius, vol. 3, p. 520\u2013521).\n529:3269\n[These inner porticos seem to have rested on massy piles, because they adjoined the sides of the church, and had to bear its roof, which was loftier than any of the rest.\u2014Bag.] Translated by Molz. \u201cQuadrangular supports.\u201d \u201cIn Architecture a cubic mass of building, to serve for bearings.\u201d\u2014Liddell and Scott.","title":"Nicene and Ante-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol I: The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius.: Chapter XXXVII","type":"page"}