Byzantine architecture : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire especially in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold, 5. ja 6. sajandil Bütsantsi impeeriumis välja töötatud arhitektuuri iseloomulikud tunnused on pendetiividele toetuv kuppel, marmorpinnad ja värviliste mosaiikidega inkrustatsioon kuldfoonil