Hagia Sophia
Name of structure: | Hagia Sophia |
Extended name of structure: | Now Orhan Mosque |
Type of structure: | Church now a mosque |
Country or main area: | Turkey |
Region within country or main area: | Bursa |
City or area within region: | Iznik |
Date of structure: | 6th century |
Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
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Specific place of mosaic: | North wall of nave |
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Fragments of mosaic found during excavations in the 1930s |
Date of mosaic: | Unknown |
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Silver tessera at site: | |
Gold tessera at site: | Yes |
Colour tessera at site: | |
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | |
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Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Möllers,Sabine, Die Hagia Sophia in İznik, Nikaia (Alfter: 1994) references Schneider: Schneider, Alfons Maria and Walter Karnapp, Die Stadtmauer von Iznik, Nicaea (Berlin: Archäologisches institut des Deutschen reiches, 1938) |
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Comments: | More information would be welcome! |
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