Anthologia Graeca

Name of text: Anthologia Graeca
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Name of structure in text: Chrysotriklinos, Great Palace of Constantinople
Type of structure in text: Throne room
Date of structure in text 565-82
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
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Country in text: Turkey
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City in text: Constantinople
Specific place of mosaic in text: Walls, A cycle of monumental mosaic icons dated 856-867
Description of mosaic in text:  Christ enthroned in the eastern chamber, VM on opposite vault over entrance door, near Michael II and patriarch Photios, elsewhere angels, apostles, martyrs and priests.
Mosaic date in text: 9 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? No
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Bibliography:

Cormack, R., ‘But is it Art?’, in Eva Hoffman, ed., Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World (Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007), p. 305
Mango, Cyril, The Art of the Byzantine Empire 312-1453 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986), p. 184

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