Monday, January 23, 2006

The stars of Istanbul: Kariye Museum, (old church of St. Salvior stin Chora) III


The Holy Savior in Chora — The mosaic in the lunette over the doorway to the esonarthex portrays Christ as “The Land of the Living”.
The composition reflects the theological and philosophical interpretation of the term, expounded by Metochites and other scholars of his time (1315-1321)

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