Istanbul: Places
Photos & Words: Salina Christmas

The Bible in the hand of Christ Pantocrator, depicted in one of the Empress Zoe mosaics at Aya Sofia.

The icons of Constantinople has a long and chequered history.

You can see them now at Aya Sofia because the building is currently a museum.

The Ottomans weren't the only ones who were keen to have them plastered away from memory.