Cyril A. Mango (born 14 April 1928 in Istanbul) is a British scholar in the history, art, and architecture of the Byzantine Empire. He is a former Oxford professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature. April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural, and economic centre. ... A scholar is either a student or someone who has achieved a mastery of some academic discipline, perhaps receiving financial support through a scholarship. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... The most famous of the surviving Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople - the image of Christ Pantocrator on the walls of the upper southern gallery. ... Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire. ... Byzantine EmpireGreek name: - Basileia tōn Romaiōn) is the term conventionally used since the 19th century to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire of the Middle Ages, centered at its capital in Constantinople. ... The University of Oxford (often called Oxford University), located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

One of his major works details the history of the mosaics of the Hagia Sophia: Hagia Sophia Hagia Sophia, i. ...

Mango, Cyril (1962). The Mosaics of St. Sophia at Istanbul. Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks. Dumbarton Oaks is a nineteenth-century mansion located in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC. It houses the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, a leading center for scholarship in Byzantine studies, Pre-Columbian studies and the history of landscape architecture. ...

References

• http://www4.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-814098-3
• Entry at Harvard University's Hollis Catalog