Page "Saint Basil's Cathedral" Paragraph 27

The 25 seats from the biblical reference are alluded to in the building's structure, with the addition of eight small onion domes around the central tent, four around the western side church and four elsewhere.

This arrangement survived through most of the 17th century.

The walls of the church mixed bare red brickwork or painted imitation of bricks with white ornaments, in roughly equal proportion.

The domes, covered with tin, were uniformly gilded, creating an overall bright but fairly traditional combination of white, red and golden colors.

Moderate use of green and blue ceramic inserts provided a touch of rainbow as prescribed by the Bible.