John of Stoudios

Name of structure: John of Stoudios
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Marmara
City or area within region: Constantinople
Date of structure: After 450
Century of structure 1: 5 AD
Century of structure 2: 5 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Loose tesserae found in the area during early 20C excavations
Benaki Museum, Athens: head of the Virgin (10C).
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

See 'Place of mosaic'.
Date of mosaic: Walls mosaics presumably 5C.
Century of mosaic 1: 5 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 5 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns: 1907-1909: team from Russian Archaeological Institute in Constantinople led by B. Panchenko
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Woodfin, W., 'A Majestas Domini in middle-Byzantine Constantinople', Cahiers Archéologiques 51 (2003-2004), 45-54.


Peschlow, U., 'Die Johanneskirche des Studios in Istanbu', Jahrbuch der Österrreichischen Byzantinistik 32 (1982), 429-34.


Mango, C., 'The date of the Studius Basilica at Istanbul', Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 4 (1978), 115-22.

Thomas, J. & Constantinides Hero, A (eds. and tr.), with the assistance of G. Constable, Byzantine Monastic Foundation Documents: A Complete Translation of the Surviving Founders’ Typika and Testaments. (Washington, D.C: Dumbarton Oak, 2000)
Extract: http://www.d oaks.org/publications/doaks_online_publications/ty pikaPDF/typ009.pdf


Gourlay, C., 'Minor churches of Constantinople', Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects 14 (1907), 637-49.


Panchenko, B., “Hag. Ioannes Studios,” Izvestiya russkogo arkeol. instituta 14(Sophia, 1909), 136–52; 15 (1911), 250–7; 16 (1912), 1–359.
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