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Title:Mosaic from Kariye Camii showing Christ enthroned
Notes:"This mosaic depicts Theodore Metokhites presenting a model of the Chora Church to Jesus Christ. Beside him, the greek inscription reads "Theodore Metokhites, the founder, the Logothete of the Genikon". On both sides of Jesus is inscribed "Jesus Christ, dwelling-place [Chora] of the living"." [from Wikipedia]A short essay on the artistic and spiritual meaning of this artwork is available from The Visual Commentary on Scripture, https://thevcs.org/living-stone-and-chosen-people/built-spiritual-house.
Date:1315-1321
Artist:Anonymous
Building:Kariye Museum (also known as Kariye Camii or Church of the Holy Savior of Chora)
Object/Function:Mosaic
City/Town:Istanbul
Country:Turkey
Scripture:John 14:1-14
Peter I, 2:2-10
Person as Subject:Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
Lectionary links:AEast05
General Subject:Church
Visual Commentary on Scripture
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Attribution:Anonymous. Mosaic from Kariye Camii showing Christ enthroned, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54557 [retrieved April 20, 2024]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chora_Church_Constantinople_(6).JPG.
Record Number:54557 Last Updated: 2021-12-06 06:36:49 Record Created: 2011-05-29 16:19:12
Institution:Vanderbilt University Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition