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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
Leo VI the Wise
A mosaic in Hagia Sophia showing Leo VI paying homage to Christ
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