The mosaics of Haghia Sophia at Istanbul : third preliminary report : work done in 1935-1938 : the imperial portraits of the south gallery / by Thomas Whittemore.
Whittemore, Thomas
Category
Books
Date
1942
Materials
Place of origin
Boston
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3248093
Summary
Bibliographic description
87, [3] p., [39] leaves of plates : ill. (2 col.), plan ; 31 cm. Lacks plan of South Gallery on p. 88 (indicated in contents). Additional leaf bound before plates: "Plan of galleries in Haghia Sophia", reprinted from Lethaby and Swainson: 'The Church of Sancta Sophia, Constantinople'. Ephemera: letter to Lord Fairhaven from Thomas Whittemore, 30 Oct. 1945, pasted onto front pastedown: Whittemore hopes that the book has been sent by the publishers and that it will find a place on Lord Fairhaven's shelves [i.e. to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from the author, Thomas Whittemore (1871-1950)]. Loosely inserted: two letters of introduction from Thomas Whittemore for Lord Fairhaven addressed to men at the St. Panteleimon Monastery (Rossikon) on Mount Athos, Greece, and a covering note to Lord Fairhaven from Thomas Whittemore. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (large variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Fairhaven crest gilt stamped at head of spine. Binding: Twentieth-century half green morocco, marbled paper over boards; sewn onto four recessed cords; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'The mosaics of Haghia Sophia - Whittemore. 1942'; Fairhaven crest gilt stamped at head of spine; gilt top edge. Binder's ink stamp on front pastedown: 'Birdsall Northampton.'.
Makers and roles
Whittemore, Thomas, author Byzantine Institute of America, author