Kalenderhane Camii
| Name of structure: | Kalenderhane Camii |
| Extended name of structure: | Theotokos Kyriotissa |
| 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: | 6th and 12C |
| Century of structure 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Other scattered remains and loose tesserae (see Striker and Kuban reports). |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Panel of Presentation; |
| Date of mosaic: | Panel of Presentation: pre-Iconoclastic. 565-78 (reign of Justin II) |
| Century of mosaic 1: | 6 AD |
| Century of mosaic 2: | |
| Silver tessera at site: | Unknown |
| Gold tessera at site: | |
| Colour tessera at site: | Yes |
| Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? | Unknown: other finds displayed in small museum located in the diaconicon of the Kalenderhane Mosque.
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| Has analysis been done? | No |
| Samples taken from where? | n/a |
| Excavation and restoration campaigns: | 1966-1975: team from Istanbul Technical University and Harvard University led by C. L. Striker and D. Kuban |
| Bibliography of mainly technical resources: | Striker, C. L. & Dogan Kuban, Y. (eds), Kalenderhane in Istanbul: the buildings, their history, architecture and decoration: final reports on the archaeological exploration and restoration at Kalenderhane Camii 1966-1978 (Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1997). Striker, C. L. & Dogan Kuban, Y., 'Work at Kalenderhande Camii in Istanbul', DOP 21 (1967), 267-71; 22 (1968), 185-93; 25 (1971), 251-8. |
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