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Paul the Silentiary
Paul the Silentiary, also known as Paul Silentiarus was a Byzantine poet of the 6th century AD noted for his ecphrasis which described the Hagia Sophia as if it were a meadow of marble (due to the many colours of marble employed in its construction).
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