Field photograph·Csn0224
St. Sophia
Description
A tall church nave with rows of pale columns and pointed arches rising to a clerestory of arched windows. A wooden platform with a railing stands near the centre, with a hanging chandelier above, and a dark panel with lettering hangs on the far wall. A single person in dark clothing sits on the floor left of centre, and the photograph is mounted on a card with a printed caption.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A photograph mounted on a card, showing the interior of a church with tall pale columns with dark capitals, pointed arches and a high vaulted ceiling. A wooden platform with railings stands in the nave, and a glass chandelier hangs from the roof. One person in dark clothing sits on the stone floor at lower left, and a printed panel of text sits on the card to the right.
English, as on the record
St. SOPHIA "Four ancient churches, used by the Turks as mosques, are in good condition. St. Sophia, the principal, is large, larger than the church of the same name at Famagusta, and architecturally very beautiful. It has three doors, a fine portal marks the chief entrance. The vault and its arches rest on sixteen columns." Cornelis van Bruyn, 1698. (Reisen door de vermaadste Deelen van Klein Asia, de Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, etc.) (Image is from "Cyprus Calendar" which was published at least 1950-1954. Copies can be seen for example on website for The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR)).
English, as on the record
St. SOPHIA "Four ancient churches, used by the Turks as mosques, are in good condition. St. Sophia, the principal, is large, larger than the church of the same name at Famagusta, and architecturally very beautiful. It has three doors, a fine portal marks the chief entrance. The vault and its arches rest on sixteen columns." Cornelis van Bruyn, 1698. (Reisen door de vermaadste Deelen van Klein Asia, de Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus, etc.) (Image is from "Cyprus Calendar" which was published at least 1950-1954. Copies can be seen for example on website for The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR)).