La G茅ographie Eccl茅siastique de L鈥橢mpire Byzantin: Le Si猫ge de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecum茅nique
| Name of text: | La G茅ographie Eccl茅siastique de L鈥橢mpire Byzantin: Le Si猫ge de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecum茅nique |
| Author of text: | R. Janin |
| Date of text: | 1953 |
| Date of person in text: | 20th century |
| Name of structure in text: | S. Demetrius, Constantinople |
| Type of structure in text: | Church |
| Date of structure in text | c. 886-912, Leo VI |
| Century of structure 1: | 9 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 10 AD |
| Country in text: | Turkey |
| Region in text: | |
| City in text: | Constantinople |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | |
| Description of mosaic in text: | The mosaics represented the figures of the saints framing an image of the Saviour who was supported by angels with wings unfurled and resembling the stars around the sun. |
| Mosaic date in text: | 9 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
| Colour descriptions in text: | |
| Bibliography: | Janin, R., La G茅ographie Eccl茅siastique de L鈥橢mpire Byzantin: Le Si猫ge de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecum茅nique, (Paris: Institut Fran莽ais d鈥櫭塼udes Byzantines, 1953), 3 vols,vol. 3 Les 脡glises et les Monast猫res, p. 96 |
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| Comments: | Built to the right of the Virgin of the Pharos [Lighthouse] and on the same terrace.聽 Church remained certainly until the middle of the 14th century. |