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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0277 (82-549)

Fragmentary Byzantine sarcophagus as built into the narthex. 13th century ... Horizontal (normal) ... April 1961

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0157 (82-568)

Ancient capital reused on the southwest column in the church ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0139 (86-104)

Plans and sections of window details. Scale 1:20 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1895 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0140 (86-204)

Longitudinal section through the church. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1891 south Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0141 (86-205)

Plan of the roof. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1885 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0142 (86-206)

Section through the narthex. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1892 east Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0143 (86-207)

Restored plan of the church, Period I. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1884 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0144 (86-208)

Elevations of windows. Scale 1:20 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1894 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0145 (86-209)

Elevation of the south end of the church. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1887 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0146 (86-211)

Transverse section. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1890 east Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0147 (86-212)

Elevation of the east end. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1888 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0148 (86-213)

Transverse section, east end ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1893 east Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0149 (86-215)

Elevation of the west end. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1886 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0150 (86-216)

Elevation of the north end. Scale 1:50 ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1889 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0278 (86-621)

Drawing of the design on the sarcophagus ... John Travlos ... PD 2093 Horizontal (normal) ... 1971

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[Agora Image] 2012.58.0498 (86-621)

Drawing of the design on the sarcophagus ... John Travlos ... PD 2093 AMS Horizontal (normal) ... 1971

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0130

Church of the Holy Apostles (photo by G. Lambakis no. 1468-9) ... G. Lambakis ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1890

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1884

Restored plan of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1884 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1885

Plan of the roof of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1885 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1886

West end elevation of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1886 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1887

South elevation of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1887 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1888

East elevation of the Church of the Holy Apostles, ca 1000 A.D ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1888 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1889

North elevation of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1889 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1890

Transverse section through the Church of the Holy Apostles, looking east ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1890 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1891

Longitudinal section through the Church of the Holy Apostles, looking south ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1891 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1892

Section through the Narthex of the Church of the Holy Apostles, looking east ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1892 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1893

State section (A-A) through the Church of the Holy Apostles, looking east ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1893 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.1894

Elevations of the windows of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... W.B. Dinsmoor, Jr ... PD 1894 Horizontal (normal) ... 1969

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.2038

Actual state plan of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... J. Travlos ... PD 2038-a Horizontal (normal) ... 1955

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.2039

Restored plan of Period III of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... J. Travlos ... PD 2039 Horizontal (normal) ... 1971

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.2040

Restored plan of Period IV of the Church of the Holy Apostles ... J. Travlos ... PD 2040 Horizontal (normal) ... 1954

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[Agora Image] 2002.01.2080

Plan, section, and elevation of the Altar screen from the Church of the Holy Apostles ... J. Travlos ... PD 2080 ... 1971

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0132 (LXII-97)

View of the interior before excavation ... west 8 Horizontal (normal) ... 20 Feb 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0105 (LXV-15)

Interior excavations: "original" west wall of the church: crosswall of Periods I-III ... east 77 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0257 (LXV-20)

View of the interior before excavation: ceiling of the western end: Pantokrator in dome, Period IV ... Horizontal (normal) ... 10 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0107 (LXV-21)

Interior excavation: vaulted tombs in the narthex ... east 63 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0108 (LXV-22)

Interior excavation: showing west apse as discovered ... west 61 Horizontal (normal) ... 13 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0193 (LXV-30)

Area to the east of the church, showing scarp of original ground level between modern paving and Roman floor ... west 4656 Horizontal (normal) ... 19 Mar 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0159 (LXVI-11)

Southeast corner of the narthex, after removing plaster and unblocking upper doorway ... 175 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 May 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0160 (LXVI-19)

Church after clearing to foundations ... northeast Horizontal (normal) ... 27 May 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0111 (LXVI-29)

Foundations of the northwest angle chamber ... northwest Horizontal (normal) ... 3 Jun 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0196 (LXVI-34)

View of the east end, after clearing the foundations on floor bedding of the Nymphaion. Original ground-level indicated in front of reinforcing of the foundations ... west Horizontal (normal) ... 10 Jun 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0112 (LXVI-96)

Central part of the sanctuary, with the Holy Table. Pre-church wall in foreground. Note the two ancient elements, a base (A 4203) and a Doric capital (A 4202) ... 361 Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jul 1954

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[Agora Image] 2005.05.0153 (LXVII-25)

The church after demolition of modern addition ... south 444 Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 1954

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[Agora Image] 2005.05.0154 (LXVII-26)

The church after demolition of modern addition ... north Horizontal (normal) ... 17 Aug 1954

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0118 (LXVII-81)

Southwest column base before reinforcing foundations with concrete ... 345 Horizontal (normal) ... 12 Jan 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0236 (LXVII-83)

Vaulting of the southwest angle chamber ... Horizontal (normal) ... 15 Jan 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0120 (LXVII-85)

East apse: 1. Pre-church wall; 2. Building level with lime-pit; 3. Possible bedding for original floor; 4. Bedding for intermediate floor; 5. Paving slabs of intermediate floor; 6. Level of modern floor ... 544 Horizontal (normal) ... 15 Jan 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0122 (LXVII-87)

North apse after removing cover slabs of grave and tomb. Back to front: Tombs 1 to 4 ... 552 Horizontal (normal) ... 21 Jan 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0164 (LXVII-94)

Southeast window of the dome after unblocking, but before restoring to its original shape ... 591 Horizontal (normal) ... 31 Jan 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0263 (LXXIV-22)

Northeast segment of the dome where the frescoes have been destroyed, showing original masonry ... 582 Horizontal (normal) ... 18 Feb 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0265 (LXXIV-24)

Fresco of Aaron between the southeast and south windows of the dome, under the most recent painting ... Horizontal (normal) ... 18 Feb 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0171 (LXXIV-75)

View of the narthex after the reconstruction of the vaults. Looking into the narthex through the reconstructed south window ... north 659 Horizontal (normal) ... 9 Apr 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0203 (LXXIX-1)

View of the church with the narthex nearing completion ... southeast Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Jun 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0175 (LXXIX-65)

South gable before the beginning of repairs on the roof. Junction of the east apse and barrel vault ... Horizontal (normal) ... 24 Oct 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0176 (LXXIX-66)

Roof of the narthex under construction ... Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Nov 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0177 (LXXIX-67)

Windows of east apse and Diaconicon ... Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Nov 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0178 (LXXIX-68)

Central doorway with original step block in place ... Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Nov 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0179 (LXXIX-97)

Roof of the east vault after removing tiles ... Horizontal (normal) ... 24 Nov 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0180 (LXXIX-98)

Roof of the east vault after removing tiles and filling over vault ... Horizontal (normal) ... 24 Nov 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0268 (LXXIX-100)

Painting of St. Romanos in a niche in the northwest conch. 17th century ... Horizontal (normal) ... 18 February 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0282 (LXXV-4a)

Lintel (Pentelic marble) of the side door in the west facade (Period I) ... Horizontal (normal) ... ca. 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0244 (LXXVI-17)

Western barrel vault before repairs ... Horizontal (normal) ... 16 May 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0245 (LXXVI-18)

Southwest pendentive, showing original construction ... Horizontal (normal) ... 16 May 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0246 (LXXVI-84)

Semi-dome of the southwest angle chamber ... Horizontal (normal) ... 23 Jun 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0248 (LXXVI-98)

Triangular vault of the southwest angle chamber ... Horizontal (normal) ... 5 Jun 1955

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[Agora Image] 1997.16.0279 (Section ΗΑ 282)

Originally the northwest capital in the church, now standing in the church courtyard ... Horizontal (normal) ... 1961

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[Agora Object] A 2492: Iconostasis Lintel Fragments

a) Elaborate braid design carved on a face that forms an obtuse angle with the soffit. Additional fragments found October 1954, and numbered ΗΑ 60. Carved on one side with an elongated palmette pattern; ... Byzantine

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[Agora Object] A 2509: Lintel

A lintel for a single-leafed door, 0.80m. wide. The overhang has two rectilinear and two concave moldings. Triangular cuttings at each end for inserting tenons of door jambs. The cutting for the door is ... July 1954

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[Agora Object] A 2523: Brick with Cufic Drawing

An architect's or mason's drawing, on black on half a brick, of a Cufic design, evidently for use in the masonry of the church. In wall of the Church of the Holy Apostles. Leica, LXX-100 ... 31 December 1954

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[Agora Object] A 2561: Column Fragment

The capital and part of the shaft of an octagonal column of an iconostasis. The square capital decorated on each side (parts of three sides preserved) with a rosette in a lyre-shaped frame. Byzantine ... Byzantine

[Agora Object] A 2562: Capital Fragment

Part of only one decorated face preserved, with a rosette in a looped circle. The adjacent face is plain and has a hole for attachment. From a column similar to A 2561 (ΗΑ 106). Byzantine. Pentelic marble ... Byzantine

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[Agora Object] A 4201: Iconostasis Closure Slab

Three joining fragments. Broken at bottom. Three corners missing. Carved with elaborate interlace pattern. Square cutting at back. Pentelic marble. Catalogued 1971. Used as building material in the N.W ... 1954

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[Agora Object] A 4202: Capital: Doric

Complete except for chips. Shaft has twenty flutes. Pentelic marble. Catalogued May 1971. A letter of 1985, attached to the card, says the capital was being moved to the South Slope of Acropolis to the ... 4th c. B.C. (?).

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[Agora Object] A 4203: Base with Plinth: Ionic

Upper torus of base chipped; about half of plinth preserved. Ionic base with rectangular plinth. Base molding: torus, scotia, torus. Pentelic marble. Catalogued in May 1971. Found at O/10-15/17 (Fall ... 1954

[Agora Object] A 5191: Corinthian Capital

Largely complete. Acanthus leaves' tips of first row broken off. Originally covered in plaster and painted. "In the final period of the church all the capitals were painted in bright colors trimmed with ...

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[Agora Object] A 5192: Leaf Capital: Lotus and Acanthus Capital

Complete. So-called Tower of the Winds type, with lotus leaves springing from behind a single row of acanthus. Originally covered in plaster and painted. "In the final period of the church all the capitals ...

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[Agora Object] G 16: Fragmentary Beaker

In many fragments; the tall slightly flaring neck, surrounded by a plastic ring, is preserved intact. Below it was a small body, concave beneath. Thin glass, slightly greenish. Pit. Late Byzantine fill ... 3 June 1933

[Agora Object] P 24718: Jug with Sgraffito Decoration

Mouth and handle missing. Oval body, flat raised base. White slip overall except base; covered in front with brown and green glaze over sgraffito pattern of conventional designs. Buff clay. Vaulted tomb ... January 1955

[Agora Object] P 24719: Jug with Sgraffito Decoration

Neck and handle missing. Round body, flat raised base. White slip covered with colorless, green and brown glaze over spiral sgraffito ornament. Pinkish-buff clay. Vaulted tomb in north aisle of Church ... January 1955

[Agora Object] P 24720: Jug

Complete except for top of mouth. Oval body, flat raised base, trefoil mouth; flattish handle with a ridge running down the middle. White slip overall except base partly covered with muddy yellow-brown ... January 1955

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[Agora Object] S 511: Sarcophagus Fragments

a) The larger fragment, mended from three pieces, preserves the back, the upper edge, cut back at the front, and the panel below to within ca. 0.065m. of the bottom. Broken at the sides. b) The smaller ... Byzantine

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[Agora Object] T 3334: Pellet with Seal Impression

Pellet of fine buff clay stamped on both sides. Obverse: bearded male head to left, female head to right, lion's head above, eangle below. Reverse: kantharos. Black glaze on reverse only. Very fine work ... 11 September 1953

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 1

The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles ... Agora 20

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 8, p. vii

The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; Preface ... Agora 20 vii ... 20 June 1971

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 10, p. ix

The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; Table of Contents. The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; Table of Contents; Preface. The Athenian Agora; Volume ... Agora 20 ix

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 11, p. x

The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; List of Illustrations. The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; List of Illustrations ; Figures. The Athenian Agora; ... Agora 20 x

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 14

The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; Abbreviations. ΑΒΜ; A.K. Orlandos, Ἀρχείον τῶν Βυζαντινῶν Μνημείων τῆς Ἐλλάδος, Athens. Ἀρχ. Ἐφ.; Ἀρχαιολογική Έφημερίς, Athens. B.N.J.; ... Agora 20

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 15, p. 1

The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; Introduction. K.S. Pittakys, L' ancienne Athènes, 1835, pp. 43, 46, 48. Lenoir, L' architecture monastique, I, 1852, p. 252. A. Mommsen, ... Agora 20 1

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 16, p. 2

Mommsen, Athenae christianae, pp. 24-25. K.S. Pittakys, L' ancienne Athènes, 1835, p. 70. Kambouroglou, Ὶστορία, p. 293. L' architecture monastique, I, p. 252, fig. 163. Rapport fait par M. Albert Lenoir, ... Agora 20 2 ... 1836

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[Agora Publication Page] Agora 20, s. 17, p. 3

The Athenian Agora; Volume 20; The Church of the Holy Apostles; The Earlier Remains. A. Xyngopoulos, in ΕΜΜΕ, p. 79. Kambouroglou, Ὶστορία, pp. 293-294. E. Breton, Athènes, 1968, p. 182. A.W. Parsons, ... Agora 20 3