The Virgin and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia (Illustration)

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by Hagia Sophia Research Team
published on 24 January 2018

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The Virgin and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia — The Virgin and Child mosaic, 9th century CE, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey. The mosaic is located in the apse semi-dome of Hagia Sophia. In the mosaic Mary is enthroned and she puts her right hand on the shoulder of the Child Christ who is seated in her lap. Her left hand holds a handkerchief, which is on Christ’s knee. In the mosaic, Christ has a fair complexion. It was uncovered in 867 CE by Photius the Patriarch.

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Original image by Hagia Sophia Research Team. Uploaded by Rome and Byzantium, published on 24 January 2018 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Team, H. S. R. (2018, January 24). The Virgin and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/7973/

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Team, Hagia S. R. "The Virgin and Child Mosaic, Hagia Sophia." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 24 Jan 2018. Web. 19 Jan 2021.

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