Various Church Fathers
Of the Number of his Offerings.
The Life of Constantine with Orations of Constantine and Eusebius. — translated by ANF/NPNF editors
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Chapter XL.—Of the Number of his Offerings.
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This temple, then, the emperor erected as a conspicuous monument of the Saviour’s resurrection, and embellished it throughout on an imperial scale of magnificence. He further enriched it with numberless offerings of inexpressible beauty and various materials,—gold, silver, and precious stones, the skillful and elaborate arrangement of which, in regard to their magnitude, number, and variety, we have not leisure at present to describe particularly.
Translated by ANF/NPNF editors. Edition ccel.npnf201.division.iv.en.