Hagia Sophia, Istanbul: Conservation Techniques for Mosaics, Part 1 from Dumbarton Oaks Videos on Vimeo.

This film documents the conservation and restoration work carried out by the Byzantine Institute at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. It illustrates the Archangel mosaic and the fieldworkers drilling and repairing above the Archangel’s mouth. The film also depicts the north tympanum lunette mosaics that represent Saint Ignatios Theophoros and Saint John Chrysostom.

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