timspalding's galerij

Ayasofya

Serpent column model, from Miniatürk

market day

archaeological exploration

Sultan Liam, Nine Years Old

spice market

Miniatürk, Sumela monastery

Kariye camii, my favorite place in Istanbul

The snuggling of the Theotokos

Daaaaad, when am I going to be ridden down by cavalry?

Mehmet is a little scary

reasons to have a child

the serpent-column head was off being preserved… (Ditto the Alexander Mosaic.)