Christ the Saviour in Chora / Chora Museum / Kariye Camii / Kariye Kilisesi / Kariye Muzesi / Saint Saviour in Chora / Interior, parecclesion, frescoes, west bay, northern lunette, west half. Detail: Jacob dreaming, Jacob's Ladder, Jacob wrestling with the Angel / Byzantine; original building 5th century CE; rebuilt in present form ca. 1316-1321; converted to a mosque ca. 1510, restoration date: 1948; opened to public as a museum 1958

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Work Title: Christ the Saviour in Chora; Chora Museum; Kariye Camii; Kariye Kilisesi; Kariye Muzesi; Saint Saviour in Chora
View Title: Interior, parecclesion, frescoes, west bay, northern lunette, west half. Detail: Jacob dreaming, Jacob's Ladder, Jacob wrestling with the Angel
Creator/Culture: Culture: Byzantine
Site/Repository: Creation location: Constantinople (Marmara, Turkey); Site: Istanbul (Turkey)
Period/Date: Byzantine; original building 5th century CE; rebuilt in present form ca. 1316-1321; converted to a mosque ca. 1510, restoration date: 1948; opened to public as a museum 1958
Subjects: Turkey; Architecture; Istanbul (Turkey); Kariye Camii (Istanbul, Turkey); Churches; Monasteries; Mosques; Museums
Work Record ID: 133671
Image Record ID: 981986
Digital filename: 05d111011
Classification Filing Number: 159; I87; 2SSCip 27b; *.na
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 04:57:01

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 2395 x 1801
File Size: 574 KB
Record: 981986
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-981986/05d111011

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