imágeneshistóricas.blogspot.es: noviembre 2021

Catacumbas

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Catacumbas de San Calixto

Catacumba de San Sebastián

iconografía clásica de San Sebastián

San Sebastián icono gay

Pinturas murales paleocristianas

El Buen Pastor

La curación de la hemorroísa

Basílicas paleocristianas

Santa María la Mayor, siglo IV

Antigua basílica de San Pedro, siglo IV

Archibasílica de San Juan de Letrán, siglo IV

Basílica de Santa Sabina, siglo V

Martyria (singular martyrium) o mausoleos

Mausoleo de Santa Constanza, siglo IV

Santo Stefano Rotondo, siglo V

Santa Sofía de Constantinopla

It’s fun to imagine what it must have been like when Hagia Sophia was unveiled to the world, a building project so ahead of its time. After Justinian entered the Hagia Sophia to attend its dedication ceremony, he is reported to have said, "o Solomon, I have surpassed thee!"

Procopius wrote that Hagia Sophia was “distinguished by indescribable beauty, excelling both in its size, and in the harmony of its measures, having no part excessive and none deficient; being more magnificent than ordinary buildings, and much more elegant than those which are not of so just a proportion. The church is singularly full of light and sunshine; you would declare that the place is not lighted by the sun from without, but that the rays are produced within itself, such an abundance of light is poured into this church...No one ever became weary of this spectacle, but those who are in the church delight in what they see, and, when they leave, magnify it in their talk. Moreover it is impossible accurately to describe the gold, and silver, and gems, presented by the Emperor Justinian, but by the description of one part, I leave the rest to be inferred. That part of the church which is especially sacred, and where the priests alone are allowed to enter, which is called the Sanctuary, contains forty thousand pounds' weight of silver."

Hagia Sophia in the present is a much darker less shiny place than the Hagia Sophia that the Byzantines knew. Prior to the Fourth Crusade it had gold and silver everywhere inside. It’s stone revetment panels and columns are not polished and cleaned as they once were, and it has less windows due to repairs/modifications to the structure. It is is still an extremely beautiful building, but in it’s prime it had golden mosaics glittering all around which reflected light in a seemingly divine way

Imagine what it must have been like when Hagia Sophia was unveiled to the world, a building project so ahead of its time. After he entered the Hagia Sophia to attend its dedication ceremony, Justinian is reported to have said, "o Solomon, I have surpassed thee!" Procopius wrote that Hagia Sophia was “distinguished by indescribable beauty, excelling both in its size, and in the harmony of its measures, having no part excessive and none deficient; being more magnificent than ordinary buildings, and much more elegant than those which are not of so just a proportion. The church is singularly full of light and sunshine; you would declare that the place is not lighted by the sun from without, but that the rays are produced within itself, such an abundance of light is poured into this church...No one ever became weary of this spectacle, but those who are in the church delight in what they see, and, when they leave, magnify it in their talk. Moreover it is impossible accurately to describe the gold, and silver, and gems, presented by the Emperor Justinian, but by the description of one part, I leave the rest to be inferred. That part of the church which is especially sacred, and where the priests alone are allowed to enter, which is called the Sanctuary, contains forty thousand pounds' weight of silver." The modern Hagia Sophia is a much darker less shiny place than the original Hagia Sophia that the Byzantines knew. Prior to the Fourth Crusade it had gold and silver everywhere inside of It’s stone revetment panels and columns are not polished and cleaned, and it has less windows due to repairs/modifications to the structure. It is is still an extremely beautiful building, but in it’s prime it had golden mosaics glittering all around which reflected light in a seemingly divine way. I will start posting once a day in a few parts tomorrow about the long history of Hagia Sophia.