Turkey. Istambul. Hagia Sofia. Byzantine mosaic icon of St. John the Baptist. 12th century. Detail of Deesis mosaic in the South Gallery.

12 CENTURY • 12TH CENTURY • ALPHABET • ARTFORM: ICON • AURA • AUREOLA • AUREOLE • BASILICA OF SAINT SOPHIA • BEARD • BEARDED • BIBLE NT • BIZANCIO • BYZANTINE EMPIRE • BYZANTINE • BYZANTIUM • CATHEDRAL • CHRIST • CHRISTIAN • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • CHRISTIANS • CHURCH • CITY • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • DEDICATION • DEESIS • DOCTRINE • EARLY MIDDLE AGES • ECCLESIA • EPIC • EPIGRAPH • EPITAPH • FAITH • GRECO • GREEK • GREEKS • HAGIA SOFIA • HALO • HELENICO • HELENISTICO • HELLENIC • HELLENISTIC • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HOSPITALLER KNIGHTS • ICON • ICONOGRAPHIC • ICONOGRAPHY • INDOOR • INSCRIPTION • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • ISTAMBUL • ISTANBUL • JESUS CHRIST • JESUS • KNIGHTS HOSPITALLER • KNIGHTS OF MALTA • LEGEND • LETTER (CORRESPONDENCE) • LETTER • LETTERS • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MEDIOEVO • MIDDLE AGE • MIDDLE AGES • MINSTER (CATHEDRAL) • MOSAIC • MOSAICS • MOSQUE • MOYEN AGE • MUSEUM • MUSEUMS • NEW TESTAMENT • OMEGA • PASSION OF CHRIST • PASSION • REGISTRATION • RELIGION • RELIGION: CHRISTIAN • RELIGIOUS • RITE • SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST • SAINT JOHN • SAINT • SANCTA SOPHIA • ST. JOHN • STYLE • TURKEY • TURKISH • TURQUIA • URBE • VILLAGE • WRITING