Hart 104 Case Studies in Ancient and Medieval Architecture

Part II.  The Medieval World

 

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Lecture 4:  The Hagia Sophia, Constantinople

               Architectural and Liturgical Context

 

St. John Studios, Constantinople, founded 463

SS. Sergios and Bacchos, Constantinople, before 536

            Hormisdas Palace, monophysites

San Vitale, Ravenna, before 546

 

catachumens

postulants

faithful

 

Lesser Entrance

Greater Entrance

Patriarch of Constantinople

 

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solea

bema

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synthronon

 

skeuophylakion

diconicon

prothesis