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(που̑ς, pl. πόδες, lit. “foot”), a unit of length. The foot of 31.23 cm, used in the construction of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, seems to have been standard in the ...
From: Pous in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium »
Subjects: Medieval and Renaissance History (500 to 1500).
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