Koimesis

Name of structure: Koimesis
Extended name of structure: Church of Hyakinthos monastery
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Marmara
City or area within region: Nicaea
Date of structure: 8C, after 1065, destroyed 1922.
Century of structure 1: 8 AD
Century of structure 2: 8 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse; bema; pendentives; piers; narthex.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Apse: Virgin and the Child, outlines of Iconoclastic cross.  
Bema arch: Hetoimasia, angels.
Pendentives: Evangelists.
Piers: Christ and Virgin.
Narthex: Virgin, Christ, Saints, Evangelists, inscriptions.
Date of mosaic: 8C &11C
Century of mosaic 1: 11 AD
Century of mosaic 2:
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? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1850s: team led by J. von Hammer (Hammer, 1856)
The debris inside the building was removed in 1955 (Peschlow, 1972)
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Peschlow, U., 'Neue Beobachtungen zur Architektur und Ausstattung der Koimesiskirche in Iznik,’ Istanbuler Mitteilungen 22 (1972), 145-187.

Mango, C., 'The date of the narthex mosaics of the Church of the Dormition at Nicaea', DOP 13 (1959), 249-50.


Underwood P. A., ‘The evidence of restorations in the sanctuary mosaics of the Church of the Dormition at Nicaea,’ DOP 13 (1959), 235-42.


Σωτηρίου Γ.Α., 'Οι μετά τρούλλου ναοί της μεταβατικής περιόδου', Πρακτικά ΧΑΕ (1932), 97-127.


Wiegand T., 'Zur Monogramminschrift der Theotokos -(Koimesis-) Kirche von Nicaea', Byzantion 6 (1931), 411-20.


Grégoire H., 'Encore le monastère d’Hyacinthe à Nicée', Byzantion 5 (1930), 287-93. 


Taeschner F., 'Der Zustand der Koimesiskirche in Nikaia (Iznik)', Byzantinische Zeitschrift 28 (1928), 238-39.


Schmidt, T., Die Koimesis-Kirche von Nikaia. Das Bauwerk und die Mosaiken (Berlin-Leipzig, 1927).


Schmidt T., 'Die Koimesiskirche von Nikaia', Archäologischer Anzeiger (1926), 458-464.


Βασίλειος μητροπολίτης Νικαίας, Ο εν Νικαία ναός της Θεοτόκου: συνοπτική επισκόπησις, Πατριαρχικό Τυπογραφείο (Constantinople, 1912)


WVulff, O., Die Koimesiskirche in Nicaa und ihre Mosaiken. (Strasbourg, 1903).


WVulff, O., 'Architektura i mozaiki chrama Uspenija Bogorodicy v Nikee [и мозаики храма Успения Богородицы в Никее],’ Vizant. Vremennik [Византийский Временник] 7 (1900), 315-425.


Diehl, C., ‘Mosaiques byzantines de Nicee’, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 1 (I892), 74-85, 525-6; reprinted with corrections in Études byzantines (Paris, 1905), 353-69.


Strzygowski J., ’Mosaïques byzantines de Nicée’, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 1 (1892), 340-73.


Strzygowski J., 'Drei Miscellen: lll - Die Maria Orans in der byzantinischen Kunst (Mosaik der Koimeisiskirche zu Nikaia),’ in Archäologische Ehrengabe zum 70. Geburtstag De Rossi's ed by A. de Wal (Rome, 1892), 394-403.
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