ID: 700000141 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000141	Record Type: Built Work
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Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (mosque (building); Anthemios of Tralles (Byzantine architect, ca. 474-ca. 534) ...; original structure dated from ...)

Note: Commissioned as a grand church by the Emperor Justinian, built in Constantinople in the 6th century. The structure, a domed basilica, was built in the amazingly short time of about six years, being completed in 537 CE. The architects were Anthemios of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus. After the city passed to the Ottomans (1454), it became one of the principal mosques of Istanbul.

Titles:

Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (preferred,C,U,OF,English-P,U,U)

Hagia Sophia (C,U,German-P,U,U,English,L,N,Greek (transliterated),U,U)

Ayasofya (C,U,Turkish-P,U,U)

Αγία Σοφία (C,U,Greek-P,U,U)

Holy Wisdom (C,U,TR,English,U,U)

Ayasofya Camii (C,U,Turkish,U,U)

Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi (C,U,GT,Turkish,U,U)

Ayasofya Müzesi (C,U,LC,Turkish,U,U)

Sainte-Sophie (C,U,French,U,U)

Sancta Sophia (H,U,Latin,U,U)

Santa Sofía (C,U,Spanish-P,U,U,Italian-P,U,U)

Agia Sofia (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Agia Sophia (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Haghia Sophia (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Sancta Sapientia (H,U,Latin,U,U)

Santa Sophia (H,U,undetermined,U,N)

Saint Sophia (H,U,English,U,U)

St. Sophia (H,U,AV,undetermined,U,U)

圣索菲亚大教堂 (C,U,Chinese,U,U)

آيا صوفيا (C,U,Arabic,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mosque (building) [300007544] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

church (building) [300007466]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

museum (building) [300005768]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

basilica (work by form) [300170443]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: massing or shape>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: original structure dated from 4th century CE; present structure built 532-537 CE; rebuilt in 12th century

Creator Display:

Anthemios of Tralles (Byzantine architect, ca. 474-ca. 534) and Isidoros of Meletus, the Elder (Byzantine architect, active mid-6th century) [preferred,VP]

Isidore of Miletos (died before 558), architect | Anthemios of Tralles (died before 558), architect | Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (482-565 | reign dates 527-565), Byzantine, founder [,BWR]

architect Anthemios of Tralles (Byzantine architect and mathematician in Asia Minor, ca. 474-ca. 534) [500120301]

architect Isidore of Miletus, I (Byzantine architect and engineer in Asia Minor, active mid-6th century) [500104527]

patron Justinian I, Emperor of the East (Byzantine emperor, ca. 482-565) [500011337]

Isidore of Miletus, II (Byzantine architect and engineer in Asia Minor, active mid- to late 6th century) [500120302]

Locations:

İstanbul [7002473] (Geographic)

Address Note: +41.013611,+28.955;

Display Materials: system bearing masonry, centralized plan; ashlar and brick; interior surfaces are sheathed with polychrome marble, porphyry, and mosaics

	masonry (building materials) [300015332]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, building materials, <masonry and masonry units>)

	central plan [300121975]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Attributes and Properties (hierarchy name), <attributes and properties by specific type>, form attributes, <form attributes for architecture>, building plan attributes)

	bearing walls [300002557]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, enclosing structural elements, <walls and wall components>, walls, <walls by function>)

Dimensions: central dome: diameter 31 meters (102 feet); height 56 meters (184 feet)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Byzantine (culture and style) [300020669] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Early Christian-Byzantine styles| cultures| periods>)

	Ottoman (style) [300021614] (N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Islamic World| The, <Islamic World dynastic styles and periods>, <Anatolian Islamic styles and periods after Manzikert>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Holy Wisdom [901000031]
	.....((Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	depicted in .... View of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople [700008345]
	..........watercolor (painting); Eduard Hildebrandt (German painter, 1818-1869); ca. 1852

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

............... Hagia Sofia Complex

Sources and Contributors:
Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque	........ [VP]
	........ Kleinbauer et al, Hagia Sophia (2004)
Hagia Sophia	........ [AVERY,BHA,BWR,FDA,VP]
	........ Xydis, Chancel Barrier of Hagia Sophia (1947) title
	........ Theoharidou, Architecture of Hagia Sophia (1988) title
	........ Fleming, Penguin Dictionary of Architecture (1999)
	........ Maidstone, Hagia Sophia (1988) title
	........ BWR [online] (2015-) BWR3782560
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3782560
	........ Campbell, Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture (2007)
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 95048956
Ayasofya	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Hunt, Encyclopedia of American Architecture (1980)
Αγία Σοφία	........ [VP]
	........ Moravcsik, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (1967) index
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Xydis, Chancel Barrier of Hagia Sophia (1947)
Holy Wisdom	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Maidstone, Hagia Sophia (1988)
Ayasofya Camii	........ [VP]
	........ Kleinbauer et al, Hagia Sophia (2004)
Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Ayasofya Müzesi	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 79058868
	........ Wilkes and Packard, Encyclopedia of Architecture (1989-1990)
Sainte-Sophie	........ [VP]
	........ Weigert, R.-A. Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du 17e siècle
Sancta Sophia	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Maidstone, Hagia Sophia (1988)
	........ BWR [online] (2015-)
	........ BWR database (2010-)
Santa Sofía	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Moliner, María, Diccionario de uso del español, tomo II, Ed. Gredos, Madrid, 2004
	........ BWR database (2010-)
Agia Sofia	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Xydis, Chancel Barrier of Hagia Sophia (1947)
Agia Sophia	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Maidstone, Hagia Sophia (1988)
Haghia Sophia	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Theoharidou, Architecture of Hagia Sophia (1988)
Sancta Sapientia	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Xydis, Chancel Barrier of Hagia Sophia (1947)
Santa Sophia	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ BWR [online] (2015-)
	........ BWR database (2010-)
Saint Sophia	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
St. Sophia	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
圣索菲亚大教堂	........ [VP]
	........ Xian and Xiaowen, World's Architectural Adventures (2004)
آيا صوفيا	........ [VP]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7

Subject: ....... [VP,AVERY,BHA,FDA,BWR]

....................... UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) ID: C 356 Ref: 356bis

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3782560 ; http://builtworksregistry.org/items/show/371998; BWR3782560

....................... BWR-03 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3782560

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 43548

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U9488

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Maidstone, Hagia Sophia (1988)
	..... Grove Art Online (2008-) accessed 8 January 2010
	..... Kleinbauer et al, Hagia Sophia (2004)
	..... BWR database (2010-)