Hagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867

A monumental Virgin-and-Child mosaic was dedicated in Hagia Sophia’s apse around 867 and interpreted by Patriarch Photios in explicitly post-Iconoclast terms.

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c. 867 · Monumental program

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Virgin Marydepicts · source-backed Christdepicts · source-backed Patriarch Photios← preaches-on · source-backed

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Hagia Sophiaoccurs-at · source-backed

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Enthroned Virgin and Childplaces-type-in-zone · example-backed

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A work in progress: Middle Byzantine mosaics in Hagia Sophia
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Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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ChristHagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867 —depicts→ Christ · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-325.Hagia SophiaHagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867 —occurs-at→ Hagia Sophia · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-322.Patriarch PhotiosHagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867 ←preaches-on— Patriarch Photios · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-326.Virgin MaryHagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867 —depicts→ Virgin Mary · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-324.

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