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The Empress Zoe mosaics (11th-century) in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) Christ Pantocrator is seated in the middle. On his right side stands emperor Constantine IX Monomachos; on his left side, emp
The Empress Zoe mosaics (11th-century) in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) Christ Pantocrator is seated in the middle. On his right side stands emperor Constantine IX Monomachos; on his left side,… © Photographer: Myrabella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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