Download: Mosaics of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul - Dumbarton Oaks
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Plate 2<br />
Tracing <strong>of</strong> a Latin cross<br />
Graphite on linen paper<br />
Byzantine Institute, A. A. Green, ca. 1938/40<br />
<strong>Dumbarton</strong> <strong>Oaks</strong>, Byzantine Photograph and Fieldwork Archives, acc. no. F2430<br />
This Latin cross is located in the north window s<strong>of</strong>fit <strong>of</strong> the third bay from<br />
the south in the inner narthex and dates from ca. 537. Its outline consists <strong>of</strong> two<br />
rows <strong>of</strong> dark red tesserae. The tracing reveals that the tesserae used for the outline<br />
are larger than the gold tesserae in the field <strong>of</strong> the cross and in the background. A<br />
row <strong>of</strong> smaller gold tesserae lines the cross inside and outside, while the field <strong>of</strong> the<br />
cross and the background consist <strong>of</strong> parallel courses <strong>of</strong> gold tesserae. The jewels at<br />
the ends <strong>of</strong> the cross arms are filled with small and large triangular and irregularly<br />
shaped tesserae, unevenly spaced. The irregularity <strong>of</strong> the tesserae and their spacing<br />
in the cross are noticeable in the majority <strong>of</strong> crosses in the narthex.<br />
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