Close up detail of the De‘sis mosaic, which features Christ in prayer and carrying a book, located in the upper gallery of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbu

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Close up detail of the De‘sis mosaic, which features Christ in prayer and carrying a book, located in the upper gallery of the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Photo credit: © Edwin Remsberg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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