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Tympanum / Upper Wall Field

An upper wall field shaped by arches or vaulting; in Hagia Sophia the tympana received figural mosaics after Iconoclasm.

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Architectural location

Large upper wall field framed by arches in monuments such as Hagia Sophia.

Liturgical function

Provides prominent surfaces visible across the interior.

Iconographic convention

Hagia Sophia’s tympana received post-Iconoclast figural mosaics.

Surviving monument evidence

Surviving/restored Hagia Sophia mosaics document this placement.

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Upper-wall field does not imply one standard subject.

Portable-icon / later-practice boundaryPortable icon type or later Orthodox practice does not establish an original church position. Placement requires source-backed monument or relationship evidence.
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  1. Figures + iconography
    Tympanum / Upper Wall Field← contains-zoneHagia Sophiacontains-typeDeesis
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    Tympanum / Upper Wall Field← contains-zoneHagia Sophiacontains-zoneApse
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A work in progress: Middle Byzantine mosaics in Hagia Sophia
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Hagia SophiaTympanum / Upper Wall Field ←contains-zone— Hagia Sophia · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-598.
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A work in progress: Middle Byzantine mosaics in Hagia Sophia
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