Kalenderhane Camii
(Theotokos Kyriotissa)
The
long-awaited study of the Kalenderhane Camii by C.L. Striker, D.
Kuban, et al., in now in press with Von Zabern and should appear by
the end of 1997. A major monument of the late 12th century, the
building was painstakingly excavated and restored in the 1960s. It
preserves substantial elements of its interior decoration from
several periods. The 13th-century fresco cycle of the Life of St.
Francis found here, one of the most important discoveries from the
period of the Latin Occupation, is now on display in the
Archaeological Museum.
The Striker-Kuban study promises to provide a new chapter in the
archaeological history of the city--for example, the pottery sequence
should complement that from the Sarachane (St. Polyeuktos)
excavations. A. Berger's identification of the church as the
Theotokos Kyriotissa has been generally accepted, the name apparently
deriving from the Late Antique oikos known as Tou Kyrou.
The
long-awaited study of the Kalenderhane Camii by C.L. Striker, D.
Kuban, et al., in now in press with Von Zabern and should appear by
the end of 1997. A major monument of the late 12th century, the
building was painstakingly excavated and restored in the 1960s. It
preserves substantial elements of its interior decoration from
several periods. The 13th-century fresco cycle of the Life of St.
Francis found here, one of the most important discoveries from the
period of the Latin Occupation, is now on display in the
Archaeological Museum.