Church of Pammakaristos (Istanbul, Turkey): Parekklesion: Bema, south lunette: S. John the Baptist

Published/Created:

Constantinople, Byzantium
1292

Date Depicted:

500 AD - 1499 AD

Notes:

Mosaics from ca. 1320. The bema is the altar area. After the conquest of Istanbul, it remained under the control of Christians and used as a women's monastery, in 1455 patriarchate has been moved to this building and the building has been used as patriarc

Variant Titles:

Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos, S. Mary Pammakaristos, Fethiye Mosque

Topics:

Architecture -- Turkey -- 13th century -- (YVRC)
Mosaics -- Turkey -- 14th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Comnenian

Culture:

Byzantine

Accession Number:

3273-1103

Genre:

churches (AAT)
mosaics (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

H. Belting, Mosaics, S. Mary Pammakaristos (Washington, DC: 1978); Imported in 2008 from LIMS (Library of Images of Medieval Spain), originally developed by Prof. Maria Rosa Menocal in conjunction with ITG

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 293784

OID:

563301

PID:

digcoll:1909511