Les Églises et les Monastères des Grands Centres Byzantins
| Name of text: | Les Églises et les Monastères des Grands Centres Byzantins |
| Author of text: | R. Janin |
| Date of text: | 1975 |
| Date of person in text: | 20th century |
| Name of structure in text: | S. Catherine/Agia Aikaterina |
| Type of structure in text: | Church |
| Date of structure in text | unknown |
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| Country in text: | Greece |
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| City in text: | Thessaloniki |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | NE and NW domes |
| Description of mosaic in text: | NW dome - Christ in a mandora supported by angels NE dome - Christ Emmanuel occupies the entire dome |
| Mosaic date in text: | 14 AD |
| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | No |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | No |
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| Bibliography: | Janin, R., Les Églises et les Monastères des Grands Centres Byzantins (Paris: Institut Français d’Études Byzantines, 1975), p. 346 Same information is in: Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 78 (1954), p. 140 http: //www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ bch_0007-4217_1954_num_78_1_2436 |
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| Comments: | This church still stands today and was also known as Yakup Pasha Mosque. These mosaics are not visible today and Janin appears to be the only scholar who has recorded the presence of these mosaics. More information welcome please! |