Hagia Eirene

Name of structure: Hagia Eirene
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Turkey
Region within country or main area: Marmara
City or area within region: Constantinople
Date of structure: 532, 564; after 740.
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 9 AD
Specific place of mosaic:

windows.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:


6th C: Windows: a few tesserae.
8th C: apse: cross, inscription
Date of mosaic: 6th and 8th C
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 8 AD
Silver tessera at site: Yes
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? Unknown
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1946-1947: team led by Ramazanoglu
1955-1956: team led by C. Tamer
1958-1961: team led by F. Dirimtekin
1974-1976: team from ministry of Cultural Affairs led by Oz Dirimtekin 
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Peschlow, U., Die Irenenkirche in Istanbul (Tübingen, 1977).


Dirimtekin, F., 'Les fouilles faites en 1946-47 et en 1958-60 entre Sainte-Sophine et Sainte-Irène à Istanbul', Cahiers archéologiques 13 (1962), 161-85.


Ramazanglu, M., 'Neue Forschungen zue Architekturgeschichte der Irenenkirche in des Complexes der Sophienkirche', Atti del VIII congresso di studi bizantini 2, Studi bizantini e neoellenici 8 (Palermo, 1951), 232-5.


George, W. S., The Church of Saint Eirene at Constantinople (Oxford University Press, 1913).
URLs: TAY database record: http://www.tayproject.org/TAYBizansMar.fm$Retrieve?YerlesmeNo=20030&html=bizansdetaile.html&layout=web
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