Hagia Sophia
| Name of structure: | Hagia Sophia |
| 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: | 532-37 |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 6 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Apse |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Virgin, Christ, 2 archangels, gold background and decorative motifs |
| Date of mosaic: | Ninth century. Dedicated in 867 |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 9 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | Yes |
| Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
| Colour tessera at site: | No |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | No |
| Has analysis been done? | Yes |
| Samples taken from where? | |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1847-49: team led by the Fossati brothers after 1894 earthquake after 1910: team from the General Directorate of Pious Foundations. Also known as the 'Vakif (Foundation) intervention' 1932-50: team led by T. Whittemore 1960s: Dirimtekin 1992- : Istanbul Restorasyon ve Koruma Merkez Laboratuvari (Central Laboratory of Restoration and Conservation in Istanbul) initiated a restoration and conservation program in cooperation with an international team supported by UNESCO |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Atti del convegno di studi di Scienza e Beni Culturali 18, 2002: I mosaici. Cultura, Tecnologia, Conservazione (Bressanone 2-5 luglio, 2002), ed by G. Biscontin & G. Driussi (Venice: Edizioni Arcadia Ricerche, 2002): Brill, R., Chemical Analysis of Early Glasses, 2 vols (New York: Corning Museum of Glass, 1999), IX B, vol 1, 105. Berzobohaty, P. et al, 'Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey - The Conservation of the Dome Mosaics- Report on the Conservation of the Northwest Quarter', September/October 1999. Joint UNESCO / Central Laboratory for Restoration and Conservation Project - Unpublished Report, 5. Ozil, R., 'The conservation of the dome mosaics of Hagia Sophia', in Light on Top of the Black Hill, ed by G. Arsebuk, M. J. Mellink & W. Schirmer (Istanbul: Ege Yayinlari, 1998), 543-52. Teteriatnikov, N. B., Mosaics of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: The Fossati Restoration and the Work of the Byzantine Institute (Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C., 1998). Berzobohaty, P. et al, 'Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey - The Conservation of the Dome Mosaics - Sixth Report - Completion of the Pilot Conservation Programme'. October/November 1997. Joint UNESCO / Central Laboratory for Restoration and Conservation Project - Unpublished Report 1997, 6. Eyice, S., 'Ayasofya', Dünden Bugüne Istanbul Ansiklopedisi 1 (1993), Kültür Bakanligi ve Tarih Vakfi, 455. Berzobohaty, P. et al, 'Hagia Sophia Dome Mosaics - Conservation Project - Preliminary Report', July 1993 Joint UNESCO / Central Laboratory for Restoration and Conservation Project - Unpublished Report 1993, 3. Berzobohaty, P. et al, 'Hagia Sophia Dome Mosaics - Conservation Project - Second Interim Report', November 1993 Joint UNESCO / Central Laboratory for Restoration and Conservation Project - Unpublished Report 1993, 2-4. Cormack, R. & Hawkins, E. J. W., 'The mosaics of St Sophia at Istanbul: the rooms above the southwest vestibule and ramp', DOP 31 (1977), 175-251. Mango, C. & Hawkins, E. J. W., ‘The mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul. The church fathers in the north tympanum’, DOP 26 (1972), 1-41. Hawkins, E. J. W., ‘Further observations on the narthex mosaic in St. Sophia at Istanbul’, DOP 22 (1968), 151+153-66. Mango, M. & Hawkins, E. J. W., ‘The apse mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul. Report on work carried out in 1964’, DOP 19 (1965), 113+115-51. Mango, C., Materials for the study of the mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul(Dumbarton Oaks Studies, VIII) (Washington, D.C., 1962), 63-6. Swainson, Harold and William Richard Lethaby, The Church of Sancta Sophia, Constantinople (London: Macmillan & Co., 1894 Underwood, P. A. & Hawkins, E. J. W., ‘The mosaics of Hagia Sophia at Istanbul: the portrait of the emperor Alexander: a report on work done by the Byzantine Institute in 1959 and 1960’, Dop 15 (1961), 187-217. Underwood, P. A., 'A preliminary report on some unpublished mosaics in Hagia Sophia', American Journal of Archaeology 55 (1951), 367-70. Whittemore, T., ‘On the Dating of Some Mosaics in Hagia Sophia’, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series 5/1 (1946), 34-45. Whittemore, T., ‘The mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul’, American Journal of Archaeology, 42/ 2 (1938), 218-26.
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