[Footnote 56: For all these ceremonies, see the professed
work of Constantine Porphyrogenitus with the notes, or
rather dissertations, of his German editors, Leich and
Reiske. For the rank of standing courtiers, p. 80, not. 23,
62; for the adoration, except on Sundays, p. 95, 240, not.
131; the processions, p. 2, &c., not. p. 3, &c.; the
acclamations passim not. 25 &c.; the factions and
Hippodrome, p. 177 - 214, not. 9, 93, &c.; the Gothic games,
p. 221, not. 111; vintage, p. 217, not 109: much more
information is scattered over the work.]