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Virgin and Child in the Apse of Hagia Sophia

Here's a page dedicated to this famous mosaic in the apse sem-dome of the great cathedral church of old Byzantium.  It dates from the original redecoration of the church after iconoclasm ended.

More Hagia Sophia Mosaics and the Pammakaristos

This another page from my Hagia Sophia webite that will be of interest to anyone who is interested in the church of the Theotokos Pammakaristos.

I Visit the Soviets by E. M. Delafield
Memories of Aleksei Volkov
Lost Splendor by Felix Yussupov