Sergios and Bacchos

Name of structure: Sergios and Bacchos
Extended name of structure: Little Hagia Sophia, Sergios - Bakkhos Kilisesi, Küçük Ayasofya Camii
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: 531-36 , 520s (Croke, 2006)
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

Scattered tesserae on the ground.


 
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: (100s) of loose tesserae on ground found during excavation started in 2003.
Date of mosaic: Presumed 6C
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Unknown
Colour tessera at site: Unknown
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:

2004-2006: major reconstruction of the building


From Tay project (see URL below): 'A thorough restoration work was performed following the researches in 2008'. Possibly involved in recent campaign: G. Özşen and E. Bayram'. Accessed Nov 2009.
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Özşen, G., Aköz, F., Yüzer, N., Özkaraman, M., ‘Structural Evaluation of Küçük Ayasofya Mosque-Sts. Sergios and Bacchos in İstanbul’, IASS International Symposium on Spacial Structures (Milan, 1995).

Özşen, G., Aköz, F., Yüzer, N., Özkaraman, M., 'Causes of the Crack in Küçük Ayasofya Mosque –Sts. Sergios and Bacchos in İstanbul', International Conference on Lightweight Structures in Civil Engineering (Warsaw, 1995).

Özşen, G., Aköz, F., ‘Diagnostic Studies on Küçük Ayasofya Mosque-The Church of Sts Sergius and Bacchos – in İstanbul’, 2nd INCOMARECH Workshop (İstanbul, 1998).


Kostenec, J., 'South façade of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus (Küçük Ayasofya Camii) in Istanbul', BOREAS 28-29 (2005-2006), 105-14.


Özşen, G., ‘Diagnostic studies on Küçük Ayasofya Mosque - The Church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus in Istanbul’, Proceedings of the International Congress, UNESCO-ICOMOS (September 2001), in partnership with the Bethlehem 2000 project (2003).

Svenshon, H. & Stichel, R., 'Neue Beobachtungen an der ehemaligen Kirche der Heiligen Sergios und Bakchos (Küçük Ayasofya Camisi) in Istanbul', Istanbuler Mitteilungen 50 (2000), 406-7.


Feld, O., 'Beobachtungen in der Küçük Ayasofya zu Istanbul', Istanbuler Mitteilungen 18 (1968), 264-9.


Sanpaolesi, P., 'La chiesa dei ss. Sergio e Bacco à Constantinopoli', Rivista dell'instituto nazionale d'archaeologia e storia dell'arte 10 (1961), 116-80.


 
URLs:

TAY: http://www.tayproject.org/TAYBizansMar.fm$Retrieve?YerlesmeNo=20344&html=bizansdetaile.html&layout=web


Online Encyclopaedia on the Greeks in Constantinople: http://www.ehw.gr/constantinople/forms/filePage.aspx?lemmaId=10914
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