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39 South gallery, testing <strong>of</strong> the mosaics<br />

Whittemore (left) and a group <strong>of</strong> conservators at<br />

work (photo: Byzantine Institute)<br />

40<br />

42<br />

Inner narthex, Byzantine Institute conservators testing for<br />

loose tesserae (photo: P. Iskender, Byzantine Institute,<br />

1932)<br />

41<br />

42<br />

Iron cramps<br />

The type <strong>of</strong> cramps used by<br />

the Fossatis to consolidate<br />

the mosaics <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hagia</strong> <strong>Sophia</strong><br />

(photo: P. Iskender, Byzantine<br />

Institute, 1933)<br />

Delta copper cramps<br />

The new type <strong>of</strong> cramps<br />

used by the Byzantine<br />

Institute to affix plaster to<br />

the walls <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hagia</strong> <strong>Sophia</strong><br />

(photo: P. Iskender, Byzantine<br />

Institute, 1933)

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