The following publications were used in the creation of this website. Visitors to this site are encouraged to purchase copies of these publications for further study: Byzantine Painting Andre Grabar - 1979 Skira ISBN: 0-8478-0225-6 The Mosaics of Haghia Sophia at Istanbul, Fourth Preliminary Report - work done in 1934-1938 - The Deesis Panel in the South Gallery Thomas Whittemore - 1952 University Press, Oxford Hagia Sophia, Architecture, Structure and Liturgy of Justinian's Great Church Rowland J. Mainstone - 1988 Thames and Hudson The Mosaics of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: The Fossati Restoration and the Work of the Byzantine Institute Natlaia B. Teteriatnikov - Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington D.C. ISBN: 0-88402-264-1 This book and other great books on Byzantine art, history and culture may be purchased directly from Dumbarton Oaks To find other the other books mentioned above I suggest AddAll Used and Out of Print Search

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