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Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Region

BIU navigation grouping for Constantinople and nearby Marmara/Nicaean contexts. It is an atlas device, not a claim that these places formed one fixed historical art region.

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Constantinople & Marmara

4th–15th c. Byzantine core; records vary · 1 registered source

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Historical frame

Imperial-capital and Marmara/Nicaean context.

Production / use

Production evidence is strongest when museum records explicitly say Constantinople or probably Constantinople; monument profiles describe use in situ.

Movement / provenance

Movement is not inferred from capital association alone.

Political / ecclesiastical

Imperial, patriarchal, conciliar and court contexts are kept separate from workshop attribution.

Artistic relation

Capital prestige and comparison can be discussed without assigning every related work to a Constantinopolitan workshop.

Reception / adaptation

Later reception is connected only through explicit legacy/network records.

Uncertainty

Map position, proximity or visual similarity never creates a transmission edge. Follow the named source and explicit relationship records.

Geography is not transmission proofGeographic proximity, shared typology, or visual similarity does not establish influence, workshop movement, trade, or transmission direction.
Direct graph trails

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Places + regional groupings

11 direct
Constantinopleatlas-groups · system-ruleHagia Sophiaatlas-groups · system-ruleChora Church / Monasteryatlas-groups · system-ruleChurch of the Virgin of the Pharosatlas-groups · system-ruleHagia Eireneatlas-groups · system-ruleChalke Gateatlas-groups · system-ruleSmall Sekreton near Hagia Sophiaatlas-groups · system-ruleNicaeaatlas-groups · system-ruleChurch of the Dormition at Nicaeaatlas-groups · system-ruleNicomediaatlas-groups · system-ruleConstantinopolitan Luxury Production Networkincludes-production-context · system-rule

Verified objects

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Icon types + scenes

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Materials + making

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History + actors

0 direct

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Sacred-space evidence

0 direct

No direct edge in this part of the current graph.

Concepts + transmission methods

1 direct
Modern Regional Grouping ≠ Historical Unity← guards-inference-for · system-rule
Two-step navigation

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Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← connects →Constantinople–Georgia Court Gift Hypothesis
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← artistic-influence-from →Mystras
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← associated-with →Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← made-in →Double-Sided Pendant Icon (Met 1994.403)
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Hodegetria
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← associated-with →Virgin Eleousa
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Chora Church / Monasteryuses-medium →Mosaic
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Chora Church / Monasteryuses-medium →Fresco
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← occurs-at →Capture of Constantinople, 1204
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← occurs-at →Byzantine Reconquest of Constantinople, 1261
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Hagia Sophiauses-zone →Pendentive
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Hagia Sophiacontains-zone →Apse
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← connects →Byzantine–Slavic Transmission
Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groups →Constantinople← connects →Byzantium and the Latin West
Geography source trail

Sources supporting this profile.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium (ca. 330–1453)
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Discovery profile

Where can this record lead?

12 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 2 navigation themes

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Recommendation boundaryThe next steps below are explainable graph/curriculum navigation, not a popularity ranking, similarity score, or claim of historical importance.
Chalke GateConstantinople & Marmara Atlas Region —atlas-groups→ Chalke Gate · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-646.Chora Church / MonasteryConstantinople & Marmara Atlas Region —atlas-groups→ Chora Church / Monastery · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-643.Church of the Dormition at NicaeaConstantinople & Marmara Atlas Region —atlas-groups→ Church of the Dormition at Nicaea · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-649.Church of the Virgin of the PharosConstantinople & Marmara Atlas Region —atlas-groups→ Church of the Virgin of the Pharos · system-ruleWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-644.
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  1. Constantinople & Marmara Atlas Regionatlas-groupsChalke Gateassociated-with-traditional-opening-narrative-ofFirst Iconoclast Period
    Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  2. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
  3. Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
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Connected record

atlas-groups
Constantinople
system-rule
atlas-groups
Hagia Sophia
system-rule
atlas-groups
Chora Church / Monastery
system-rule
atlas-groups
Church of the Virgin of the Pharos
system-rule
atlas-groups
Hagia Eirene
system-rule
atlas-groups
Chalke Gate
system-rule
atlas-groups
Small Sekreton near Hagia Sophia
system-rule
atlas-groups
Nicaea
system-rule
atlas-groups
Church of the Dormition at Nicaea
system-rule
atlas-groups
Nicomedia
system-rule
← guards-inference-for
Modern Regional Grouping ≠ Historical Unity
system-rule
includes-production-context
Constantinopolitan Luxury Production Network
system-rule

Source trail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Byzantium (ca. 330–1453)
Open source ↗
text-reference-only

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