La Géographie Ecclésiastique de L’Empire Byzantin: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecuménique

Name of text: La Géographie Ecclésiastique de L’Empire Byzantin: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecuménique
Author of text: R. Janin
Date of text: 1953
Date of person in text: 20th century
Name of structure in text: Nea Ecclesia
Type of structure in text: Church
Date of structure in text 9th century
Century of structure 1: 9 AD
Century of structure 2:
Country in text: Turkey
Region in text:
City in text: Constantinople
Specific place of mosaic in text: Walls, dome
Description of mosaic in text:

p. 376  On the wall of the narthex, near the side doors, a large Christ is represented in mosaic …
p. 377 … and the interior was decorated with mosaics with a gold background. In the centre dome one could admire Christ, ‘it looks like he monitors the earth, he mediates the order and government, as the artist has expressed through shapes and colours the care of the ruler of the world’. Christ was surrounded by angels armed with lances, and mounting guard in concentric zones. In the apse could be seen a Virgin orant and in the rest of the church the apostles, the prophets, the patriarchs, the martyrs. 
Mosaic date in text: 9 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? Yes
Colour descriptions in text:
Bibliography: Janin, R., La Géographie Ecclésiastique de L’Empire Byzantin: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecuménique, (Paris: Institut Français d’Études Byzantines, 1953), 3 vols,vol. 3 Les Églises et les Monastères, pp. 376-77
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