7. In the arch above Nos. 5 and 6: the Gate of Paradise.
8. In the centre, one of the cherubims on a pillar. On the left hand, a multitude, painted on black background outside Paradise; on the right, Paradise, a garden full of trees on a white background. Here also are John the Baptist and a figure, probably the Virgin and Child, on a throne, attended by two angels.
[Illustration: FIG. 116.--PLAN OF THE PARECCLESION, INDICATING POSITIONS OF ITS FRESCOES.]
8. A portion of the figure of an armed angel.
Above No. 8 and at the side of the window:
9. Two men carrying a bier or platform. In front of them a third person giving directions.
10. In the arched recess: full-length figures of Andronicus II. and his family. In the soffit of the arch, the head of Christ in a medallion, with rays issuing from behind the aureola.
11. and 12. In the spandrils above the recess: two heads in medallions.
13. In the dome vault: the Last Judgment. Christ in judgment fills the centre; behind Him are the twenty-four elders seated on a long throne; farther back is gathered the heavenly host.
[Illustration: PLATE XCII. S. SAVIOUR IN THE CHORA. ARCHIVOLT ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE PARECCLESION, WITH THE EPITAPH IN HONOUR OF TORNIKES. _To face page 330._]
14. On the north-eastern pendentive: the Virgin and Child in a Paradise, with trees on a white background.
15. On the south-eastern pendentive: the Mouth of Hell.
16. On the south pilaster of the dome: an armed angel.
17. Above that angel, on the arch: a man bearing the Seven-Branched Candlestick, and beside him another man bearing with both hands some object above his head, perhaps the Table of Shew Bread.
19. In the centre of the arch: the Head of Christ in a medallion.
20. At the south-western corner where the wall is much damaged, a saint.
21. Above No. 20, to the west of the window: Christ appearing to His disciples.
22. To the east of the window, an indistinct scene, perhaps the Entombment.
23. At the north-western corner: S. Samona.
25. Over the door two saints, one of whom holds a cross.
26. The northern archway: In the centre is the door to the narrow passage between the parecclesion and the church. To the left, Jacob's Ladder; to the right, Moses at the Burning Bush. In the bush is a medallion of the Virgin and Child, and from the bush an angel addresses Moses, who holds his veil in his hand.