The Evidence of Restorations in the Sanctuary Mosaics of the Church of the Dormition at Nicaea

Matters of Materiality in Byzantium. The Archangel Gabriel in Hagia Sophia, Constantinople

“…It is, however, a very different form of imperial dress to that worn by other ninth-to tenth-century angels such as those in the Church of the Dormition in Nikaea, who wear the more familiar 'cross your heart' jewelled loros. 28 Conversely, court eunuchs in the tenth century wore chlamydes with golden tablia and tunics with golden ornament on the shoulder, as Gabriel does here. 29 Although these details do not automatically define the figure as Gabriel, they do share many of the iconographic clues that denote angels in Byzantine imagery.…”