The mosaic above the door leading from the narthex into the nave shows the figure of Metochites, wearing a huge hat, offering a model of his beloved church to Christ.
The mosaic is above the door
For many years France was a nation of internal contrasts ' between the more urban and industrial north and the rural south, between the intellectual elite and the largely agricultural workforce, between chic Paris and the less sophisticated provincial cities ' and a nation that saw itself as standing alone, distinct from all others.