Comments on: Cristo Pantocrator and the Hagia Sophia http://muragdoctor.com/2009/06/01/christo-pantocrator/ Engineering is a Pre Med here. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:32:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Katherine Bolman, PhD http://muragdoctor.com/2009/06/01/christo-pantocrator/comment-page-1/#comment-24654 Katherine Bolman, PhD Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:13:03 +0000 http://muragdoctor.com/?p=630#comment-24654 I have been there this past August. Two things impressed me. The first was the confusion about the sense of space when one is in the center of the Hagia Sophia. There is nothing that encourages one to look at the dome. It felt to me that the ceiling was only a few feet above my head. So very different from other churches around the world that I have been in. The second thing that impressed me is just how dirty the walls are. One can sense the centuries of dust that have covered the marble. What kick it would be to get lots of soap and water and wash just one small part of a wall to compare what that wall looked like when the church was built. I have been there this past August. Two things impressed me. The first was the confusion about the sense of space when one is in the center of the Hagia Sophia. There is nothing that encourages one to look at the dome. It felt to me that the ceiling was only a few feet above my head. So very different from other churches around the world that I have been in.

The second thing that impressed me is just how dirty the walls are. One can sense the centuries of dust that have covered the marble. What kick it would be to get lots of soap and water and wash just one small part of a wall to compare what that wall looked like when the church was built.

]]> By: Resor http://muragdoctor.com/2009/06/01/christo-pantocrator/comment-page-1/#comment-24005 Resor Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:07:06 +0000 http://muragdoctor.com/?p=630#comment-24005 Keep up the nice work on the blog. Do like it! :p Could maybe use some more updates more often, but i am sure that you have got better or other things to do like we all do. =p Keep up the nice work on the blog. Do like it! :p Could maybe use some more updates more often, but i am sure that you have got better or other things to do like we all do. =p

]]> By: Peter Valkov http://muragdoctor.com/2009/06/01/christo-pantocrator/comment-page-1/#comment-12193 Peter Valkov Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:55:59 +0000 http://muragdoctor.com/?p=630#comment-12193 On the previous post. Muslim world did not destroy it only because they used it. They could not build anything even close at the time. Regarding the "love of beauty" comment - oh! come on! Please, look at it once again and (eventually) see what they have done to it! On the previous post.
Muslim world did not destroy it only because they used it. They could not build anything even close at the time.
Regarding the “love of beauty” comment – oh! come on! Please, look at it once again and (eventually) see what they have done to it!

]]> By: Katherine Bolman, PhD http://muragdoctor.com/2009/06/01/christo-pantocrator/comment-page-1/#comment-10260 Katherine Bolman, PhD Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:15:10 +0000 http://muragdoctor.com/?p=630#comment-10260 I feel that we should be so very thankful to the Muslim world because they did not tear down this amazing church. You know that they could have. So I thank all Muslims for their obvious love of beauty and preserving the church so that I may stand in wonder before two worlds. I feel that we should be so very thankful to the Muslim world because they did not tear down this amazing church. You know that they could have. So I thank all Muslims for their obvious love of beauty and preserving the church so that I may stand in wonder before two worlds.

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