Theotokos Pammakaristos (now Fethiye Camii)

Name of structure: Theotokos Pammakaristos (now Fethiye Camii)
Extended name of structure: Fethiye Camii
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: 12, 13, c. 1310, after 1350
Century of structure 1: 12 AD
Century of structure 2: 14 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Parekklesion: Apse; dome; diakonon and prothesis; south and north arms.

Main church:  Soffit inside the grill of large semi-circular window at the west end of the south façade which originally lit the south end of the narthex, was decorated with mosaic.  [Three windows on the wall separating the parekklesion from its narthex likewise.]. A patch of mosaic, green rinceau on gold ground preserved in the northwest bay of the church, in the soffit of an arch between two Turkish hexagonal piers
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic:

Parekklesion
Apse: Christ enthroned, inscription; bema; Virgin, John the Baptist; apse vault: archangels.
Dome: Christ, Old Testament prophets.
Diakonon and prothesis, east corner compartment of nave: saints (bishops); southwest compartment of nave: saints (monks).
South arm of cross: Baptism; north arm: fragment of Ascension.

 fragments in window soffits of main church (see Mango & Hawkins, 1964, p. 323 for details). 


 
Date of mosaic: 14C
Century of mosaic 1: 14 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 14 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
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? Unknown
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:

1949: survey by A. Ogan. 
1951-1954: team led by P.A. Underwood led by Byzantine Institute of America and Dumbarton Oaks
1961-62: team led by A.H.S. Megaw led by Byzantine Institute of America and Dumbarton Oaks
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Belting, H., Mango, C. & Mouriki, D.,The Mosaics and Frescoes of St Mary Pammakaristos (Fethiye Camii) at Istanbul (Washington, DC, 1978).

Janin, R., La Géographie Ecclésiastique de L'Empire Byzantin: Le Siège de Constantinople et le Patriarcat Ecuménique, (Paris: Institut Français d'Études Byzantines, 1953), 3 vols, vol. 3 Les Églises et les Monastères, pp. 217-222


Mango, C. & Hawkins, E., 'Report on field work in Istanbul and Cyprus, 1962-63', DOP 18 (1964), 319-33.


Megaw, A., 'Notes on recent work of the Byzantine Institute', DOP 17 (1963), 367-71.


Underwood, P.A., 'Notes on the work of the Byzantine Institute in Istanbul', DOP 9-10 (1956), 298-99; 14 (1960), 215-9.


 
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