Zoe’nin mozaik, Ayasofya, İstanbul, originally uploaded by El senyor dels Bertins.
Hagia Sophia’s south gallery. The first mosaic portrays Christ enthroned, between the Empress Zoe (1028-1050) and her third husband Constantine IX Monomachus (1042-1055). Constantine offers Christ an apokombion (purse estimated to contain gold coins weighing about 3 kgs. ) . Zoe presents Christ with a scroll inscribed with a list of her donations to the church. In accordance with older practices, the principal figure of the composition-in this instance that of Christ-is depicted on a larger scale, which is also meant to stress the difference between divine and human nature.
Mosaic on Flickr by Mistress B
mosaic of jesus on Flickr – by kristinemarie223
Mosaic detail on Flickr by Mistress B
Mosaic detail on Flickr by Mistress B
Hagia Sophia – Empress Zoe mosaic – detail, originally uploaded by birdfarm.
Hagia Sofia mosaic on Flickr – by jason_bennett
Hagia Sophia’s South Gallery — Mosaic of the Emperor John II Comnenus (1118-1143) and his consort Irene presenting a bag of gold coins and a scroll inscribed with a list of donations to the Theotokos.
boy in a dress
It’s good to get a fresh way of loknoig at it.
Dear Sirs,
We are publishing a book entitled Constantinople Capital of Byzantium in October 2007 and would like to use one of your images of the Hagia Sophia mosaics, namely – 2007/01/19/empress-zoe-mosaic. The image would be reproduced in black and white in an 8pp plate section.
We would include any acknowledgement or copyright notice that you may require and would be happy to send you a copy of the published book.
We would need to access the image at high resolution (300+dpi).
Thanks for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.
With best regards
Michael Greenwood
Commissioning Editor