Istanbul Page 2
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| Mosaic on the ceiling | |
| View from the Galleries at the Empress' place of worship | |
| The Empress' place of worship | |
| Mosaic showing Virgin Mary and John the Baptist begging Christ for mercy for mankind at the doomsday. Gold mosaic were stolen from the bottom. | |
| Side hall in the Galleries | |
| Ramp to the Galleries. It's a ramp instead of step because the Empress was carried in a chair up to the Galleries | |
| The Baptismal font. Note the two snakes on the side. I asked the tour guide if the church had a Baptistery. She said that it did but is now closed (turned into a mausoleum for Sultans). She said that there is something out passed the Narthex that she would show us. Later she brought us to this beautiful Baptismal font, everybody in the tour loved it. The tour guide asked me repeatedly what it was called. Emperors and their children were possibly Baptized here. | |
| The Narthex with Emperor's door | |
| Mosaic in Narthex | |
| Topkapi Palace gate, residents of the Sultan's | |
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