Hagia Sophia Tympanum Mosaics, late 9th century

Rows of Church fathers, prophets, and probably angels were added high in Hagia Sophia after the apse mosaic, extending the post-Iconoclast figural program across the great church.

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late 9th c. · Monumental program

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Hagia SophiaHagia Sophia Tympanum Mosaics, late 9th century —occurs-at→ Hagia Sophia · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-327.Ignatios the YoungerHagia Sophia Tympanum Mosaics, late 9th century ←represented-in-context-of— Ignatios the Younger · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-329.Hagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867Hagia Sophia Tympanum Mosaics, late 9th century —follows→ Hagia Sophia Apse Mosaic Dedicated, 867 · chronologicalWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-328.

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