Whittemore, Thomas [Hrsg.]; Byzantine Institute of America [Mitarb.]: The mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul: preliminary report ([Band 1]): The mosaics of the Narthex: preliminary report on the first year's work, 1931 - 1932 (Oxford: University Press, 1933)

Table No. I
MEASUREMENTS OF CROSSES IN THE NARTHEX

Lunettes
Total measurements
of the crosses:
Number of rows
of tessellae:
Jewels
Width
of the
line of
the cross
Remarks
Breadth of
the arms
Height
outer
inner
A
0’945*
1-84
2 red
1 green
red
green
silver
0-035
B
0-90
1-94
2 red
all red
0-012
The average measurements
of jewels are 0-04x0-05.
C
0-935
i-955
2 red
7 green
1 red
0-022
D
0-925
I-785
2 rows of
deep red
all blue
0-022
E
Central Lunette.
F
o-99
1-825
2 rows of
deep red
7 red, 1
blue-black,
with some
green tes-
sellae
The cross is outlined by 2
rows of deep-red tessellae
except above the right
arm, where a row of red
and a row of green tes-
sellae are set.
G
0-83’
1-64
2 red
all red
0-012
H
0-84
1-64
2 red
all red
0-012
I
0-84
1-70
2 red
• •
all red, with
some green
inner tes-
sellae
0’012

Table No. II

MEASUREMENTS OF LUNETTES OF THE NARTHEX
All lunettes are drawn in the form of a half-oval of an irregular contour. The measurements of span
and rise (given in linear metres) are:

Lunettes
Span
Rise
A
4'27
2-20
B
4-3I5
2-30
C
4’97
2-30
D
4-90
2-06
E
4-70
2-30
(Central Lunette)
F
4-95
2-20
G
4-96
1'94
H
4-36
i-97
I
4-34
2-12

* All measurements are in metres.