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Hagia Irene — The cathedral church of the Patriarchate before Hagia Sophia was completed
Photo Credit: By Sébah & Joaillier - Library of Congress, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6327634
Hagia Irene The cathedral church of the Patriarchate before Hagia Sophia was completed
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Coat of arms of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Photo Credit: By Zografos 07 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37973264
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Hagia Sopia in 1852 — Square in Istanbul, with the Hagia Sophia mosque at right, part of an ornate pavilion at left, and several figures, some on horseback; print pasted onto backing sheet;Tinted lithograph with hand-coloring
Photo Credit: Print by Louis Haghe After: Gaspard Fossat - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90296597
Hagia Sopia in 1852 Square in Istanbul, with the Hagia Sophia mosque at right, part of an ornate pavilion at left, and several figures, some on horseback; print pasted onto backing sheet;Tinted lithograph with hand-coloring
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Construction of the Hagia Sophia — Depicted in codex Manasses Chronicle (14th century)
Photo Credit: By Original: Constantine Manasses - Scanned from book "Miniatures from the Manasses Chronicle", Ivan Duichev, "Bulgarski hudojnik" Publishing house, Sofia, 1962, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3511368
Construction of the Hagia Sophia Depicted in codex Manasses Chronicle (14th century)
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Hagia Sophia — View from Sultanahmet Square
Photo Credit: By Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada - Turkey-3019 - Hagia Sophia, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23450307
Hagia Sophia View from Sultanahmet Square
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Pendentive Dome — A pendentive is a constructional device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or of an elliptical dome over a rectangular room.
Photo Credit: By hu:User:Totya - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1604919
Pendentive Dome A pendentive is a constructional device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or of an elliptical dome over a rectangular room.
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Geometry of Hagia Sophia — The geometric conception is based on mathematical formulas of Heron of Alexandria. It avoids use of irrational numbers for the construction
Photo Credit: By P.Cikovac - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75031142
Geometry of Hagia Sophia The geometric conception is based on mathematical formulas of Heron of Alexandria. It avoids use of irrational numbers for the construction
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Coronation of Basil I as co-emperor — from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript
Photo Credit: By Unknown, 13th-century author - History of John Skylitzes (Skyllitzes Matritensis (Biblioteca Nacional de España), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27610612
Coronation of Basil I as co-emperor from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript
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Eudocia Ingerina on coin of Basil I — Perhaps struck at the time of her death (882), or when Basil I coronated (868)
Photo Credit: By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=347682
Eudocia Ingerina on coin of Basil I Perhaps struck at the time of her death (882), or when Basil I coronated (868)
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Leo VI the Wise — A mosaic in Hagia Sophia showing Leo VI paying homage to Christ
Photo Credit: By © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16752731
Leo VI the Wise A mosaic in Hagia Sophia showing Leo VI paying homage to Christ
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Contemporary coin of Basil I — Possibly 882 as a memorial to death of Empress Eudocia
or, perhaps a coronation issue from 868
Photo Credit: By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=347682
Contemporary coin of Basil I Possibly 882 as a memorial to death of Empress Eudocia
or, perhaps a coronation issue from 868