EditorialThe three Magi before King Herod. Mosaic from the narthex of the Hora Church, Istanbul. The church was founded in the 3rd century, later rebuilt by the logothete Theodore Metochites (first quarter 14th) who also ordered the mosaics to be made.
EditorialChrist enthroned, blessing. In the medallion left Saint Mary, right the archangel Gabriel. The kneeling figure Emperor Leo VI (886-912). Tympanon in the narthex, above the " Emperor's door", one of the nine doors leading from the narthex into...
EditorialProposed Elevation, Section, and Plan for the Facade of San Giovanni, Laterano, Rome, Italy, Andrea Pozzo, Italian, 16421709, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, black chalk on white wove paper, joined vertically at center, Proposed facade design ...
EditorialSection, Small Domed Building, Pen and black ink, rose, brown and blue wash, black chalk on paper, with fragments of blue paper framing, Temple in section and plan with porch and elliptical domed narthex behind which is nave with niches in walls and en...
Editorialmosaic of the history of Noah, Narthex, St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice, albumin paper, black and white positive process, image size: height: 25.20 cm; width: 18.90 cm, VENEZIA - Basilica di S. Marco. Storia di No?, musaico nell' atrio. (XIII secolo.), in...
EditorialTurkey, Istanbul. Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora. Byzantine style. Outer Narthex Mosaic, 14th century. The wine miracle at Cana. When the wine was finsihed in the wedding, Christ told the servants to fill the amphoras with water which later turne...
EditorialThe Grand Logothete Theodore Metochites, with a model of the 5th century Hora-church or Karyie Camii he restored in the 14th century. Metochites was treasury-auditor of Emperor Andronikos II Paleologos; Metochites is buried in the monastery church he r...
EditorialTurkey. Istambul. Hagia Sofia. Byzantine mosaic. Emperor Leon VI praying homage to Christ as Pantocrator, with medallions of Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel. Narthex mosaic. 10th century.
EditorialChora Church. Medieval Byzantine Greek Orthodox church. Mosaics. Cycle of the Life of the Virgin. Mosaic of the Birth of Mary. Inner Narthex. 14th century. Istanbul, Turkey.
EditorialIstanbul, Turkey. Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora. Mosaic depicting Christ Panthocrator and the genealogy of Christ from Adam to Jacob and his twelve sons. South dome of the inner narthex. 14th century.
EditorialChurch of Theotocos in Constantinople. Facade and Narthex, Acem A a Mescidi, former church of Sancta Maria de Cinctura in Istanbul, signed: D'apr?s Mr. Albert Lenoir; Bury et Jourdan del, Bury sculps, Fig. 33, p. 123, Lenoir, Albert (inv.); Jourdan, Je...
EditorialFerula sive Narthex, Gertenkraut, Fol. 275r, 1590, Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Joachim Camerarius: Kreuterbuch desz hochgelehrten unnd weitber?hmten Herrn D. Petri Andreae Matthioli. Franckfort am Mayn: [Feyrabendt], 1590.
EditorialChora Church. Medieval Byzantine Greek Orthodox church. Mosaics. Cycle of the Life of the Virgin. Mosaic of the Birth of Mary. Inner Narthex. 14th century. Istanbul, Turkey.
EditorialTwo byzantine virgins holding torches. Mosaic from the narthex of the Hora Church, Istanbul. The church was founded in the 3rd century, later rebuilt by the logothete Theodore Metochites (first quarter 14th) who also ordered the mosaics to be made.
EditorialBath of the infant Jesus. Mosaic from the narthex of the Hora Church, Istanbul. The church was founded in the 3rd century, later rebuilt by the logothete Theodore Metochites (first quarter 14th) who also ordered the mosaics to be made.
EditorialTurkey. Istambul. Hagia Sofia. Byzantine mosaic. Emperor Leon VI praying homage to Christ as Pantocrator, with medallions of Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel. Narthex mosaic. 10th century.
EditorialThe Grand Logothete Theodore Metochites, with a model of the 5th century Hora-church or Karyie Camii he restored in the 14th century. Metochites was treasury-auditor of Emperor Andronikos II Paleologos; Metochites is buried in the monastery church he r...
EditorialChurch of the Apostles, Pec, Kosovo. In the 14th century the Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church was moved from Zica to Pec; the present church buil-dings are a conglomerate of three churches with a common narthex.
EditorialTurkey. Istambul. Hagia Sofia. Byzantine mosaic. Emperor Leon VI praying homage to Christ as Pantocrator, with medallions of Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel. Narthex mosaic. 10th century.
EditorialIstanbul, Turkey. Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora. Mosaic depicting Christ Panthocrator and the genealogy of Christ from Adam to Jacob and his twelve sons. South dome of the inner narthex. 14th century.
EditorialTurkey. Istambul. Hagia Sofia. Byzantine mosaic. Emperor Leon VI praying homage to Christ as Pantocrator, with medallions of Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel. Narthex mosaic. 10th century.
EditorialIstanbul, Turkey. Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora. Mosaic depicting Christ Panthocrator and the genealogy of Christ from Adam to Jacob and his twelve sons. South dome of the inner narthex. 14th century.
EditorialTibetan asafoetida or sip, Ferula narthex. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimen's Medicinal Plants, London, 1880.
EditorialChrist enthroned, blessing. In the medallion left Saint Mary, right the archangel Gabriel. The kneeling figure Emperor Leo VI (886-912). Tympanon in the narthex, above the " Emperor's door", one of the nine doors leading from the narthex into...
EditorialThe Grand Logothete Theodore Metochites, with a model of the 5th century Hora-church or Karyie Camii he restored in the 14th century. Metochites was treasury-auditor of Emperor Andronikos II Paleologos; Metochites is buried in the monastery church he r...
EditorialChurch of the Apostles, Pec, Kosovo. In the 14th century the Patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church was moved from Zica to Pec; the present church buil-dings are a conglomerate of three churches with a common narthex.
EditorialTwo byzantine virgins holding torches. Mosaic from the narthex of the Hora Church, Istanbul. The church was founded in the 3rd century, later rebuilt by the logothete Theodore Metochites (first quarter 14th) who also ordered the mosaics to be made.
EditorialThe three Magi before King Herod. Mosaic from the narthex of the Hora Church, Istanbul. The church was founded in the 3rd century, later rebuilt by the logothete Theodore Metochites (first quarter 14th) who also ordered the mosaics to be made.