Santa Sophia Collection

View of Constantinople, 1840/45. Creator: David Roberts
View of Constantinople, 1840/45

Constantinople, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: Unknown
Constantinople, late 19th-early 20th century. Decorative coat of arms for the city of Constantinople, capital of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Interior of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, 19th century. View of carved wooden minbar and Islamic texts inside the building while it was a mosque

A view over Constantinople showing the Mosque of Santa Sophia, 1913. From The Near East, by Robert Hitchens. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1913]

Interior of Santa Sophia, 1913. From The Near East, by Robert Hitchens. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1913]

The Mosque of Santa Sophia, 1913. Artist: Jules Guerin
The Mosque of Santa Sophia, 1913. From The Near East, by Robert Hitchens. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1913]

Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, 1903. From World Pictures, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [A. & C. Black, London, 1903]

The Mosque of Santa Sophia, Constantinople, 1900. Santa Sophia in Constantinople, (now Istanbul) has been both church and mosque and is now a museum

The Enthroned Christ, (1902). Byzantine mosaic at St Sophia in Constantinople, (now Istanbul). The building has been both church and mosque and is now a museum

The Sultan at the Mosque of St Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey, 19th century. Hagia Sophia, also known as the Church of the Holy Wisdom

The Interior of the Mosque of Santa Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey, 19th century. Hagia Sophia, also known as the Church of the Holy Wisdom

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey, 1980s. Byzantine Cathedral with a domed basilica built in 530-537 under the direction of Justinian I

Aghia Sophia (St. Sophia) Byzantine Architecture, Istanbul, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Aghia Sophia (St. Sophia) Byzantine Architecture, Istanbul, c20th century. Hagia Sophia was a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque

Church of Sancta Sophia built AD 532-537 by Justinian, Istanbul, Turkey, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Church of Sancta Sophia built AD 532-537 by Justinian, Istanbul, Turkey, 20th century. A Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an imperial mosque

Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos, St. Sophia, Istanbul, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Byzantine Emperor, Constantine IX Monomachos, St. Sophia, Istanbul, 20th century. Byzantine emperor from June 11, 1042 to January 11, 1055

Mosaic of the Byzantine Empress Zoe, 11th century
Mosaic of the Empress Zoe (c. 978 -June 1050), the wife of Emperor Constantine IX Monomachus (c. 1000 - January 11, 1055), from the south gallery of Agia Sophia in Istanbul, 11th century

Detail of a Byzantine mosaic of Christ, 12th century
Detail of a Byzantine mosaic of Christ, from the Church of St Sophia, in the mosaic of the Deesis in the South Gallery, 12th century

Interior of the church of St Sophia, 6th century
Interior of the church of St Sophia in Istanbul, 6th century

Byzantine mosaic of the Virgin with Justinian and Constantine
Byzantine mosaic of the Virgin with Justinian (c. 482 - 14 November 565) and Constantine (c. 27 February 272 -22 May 337) in the lunette over the south portal of St Sophia in Istanbul

St Sophia in Istanbul, which was converted to a mosque in 1453 AD

A Byzantine mosaic of the Virgin and Child between the Emperor John II Comnenus and Empress Irene
A Byzantine mosaic of the Virgin and Child between the Emperor John II Comnenus (September 13, 1087-April 8, 1143) and Empress Irene (1088 -13 August 1134)

Byzantine mosaic showing Christ enthroned between earthly rulers, 12th century
Byzantine mosaic showing Christ enthroned between the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos (c. 1000 - January 11, 1055) and his Empress Zoe (c)

Mosque of St Sophia in Istanbul, 6th century
St Sophia in Istanbul from the south east. It was converted to a mosque in 1453 AD, 6th century

Byzantine mosaic of the Mother and Child, in the Apse of Agaia Sophia in Istanbul

Christ enthroned, late 9th century
Christ enthroned, 9th century. On the left, Leo VI, the Philosopher (865-911), Byzantine Emperor from 886, kneels at the Saviours feet

Interior of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, Engraving, 1815. THe building was completed as a cathedral in 537, by 1815 it is in use as a Mosque

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