| Name of text: |
De sacris aedibus Deiparae ad Fontem |
| Author of text: |
Anon |
| Date of text: |
10th century |
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| Name of structure in text: |
Virgin Pege/Virgin of the Source/Spring |
| Type of structure in text: |
church |
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| Country in text: |
Asia Minor |
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| City in text: |
Constantinople |
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| Description of mosaic in text: |
She [Empress Irene] ordered that, as a lasting memorial, their portraits [Irene and Constantine VI] should be executed in mosaic on either side of the church [showing them] handing over the offerings that have been enumerated so as to both express their faith and to proclaim for all time the miracle of the haemorrhage through the setting up [of said portraits] and the offering of the gifts. |
| Mosaic date in text: |
8 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? |
No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? |
No |
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| Bibliography: |
De sacris aedibus Deiparae ad Fontem, p. 880, quoted in Cyril Mango, The Art of the Byzantine Empire 312-1453 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1972, repr. 1986), pp. 156-7 |
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