▁de esis ▁m osa ic ▁that ▁dates ▁to ▁the ▁church ' s ▁rest oration ▁by ▁The odore ▁Met och ites ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 4 th ▁century , ▁but ▁which ▁most ▁likely ▁faith fully ▁reprodu ces ▁the ▁original ▁decor ation ▁of ▁the ▁church ▁after ▁Isaac ' s ▁reconst ruction . ▁As ▁historian ▁K all ir roe ▁Lin ard at ou ▁points ▁out , ▁in ▁the ▁m osa ic , ▁Isaac ▁be ars ▁a ▁crown ▁that ▁exceed s ▁the ▁simple ▁circ let ▁usually ▁bor ne ▁by ▁a ▁se bas to kr ator ▁by ▁being ▁rich ly ▁decor ated ▁and ▁featuring ▁a ▁dom ed ▁cover , ▁deliber ately ▁hint ing ▁at ▁imperial ▁attributes . ▁He ▁also ▁commission ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁icons , ▁either ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁typ ikon ▁of ▁the ▁Kos mos ote ira ▁or ▁known ▁through ▁the ▁ep ig raph s ▁associated ▁with ▁them . ▁ ▁The ▁court ▁poet ▁The odore ▁Pro d rom os ▁wrote ▁an ▁en com ium ▁and ▁a ▁e ul ogy ▁in ▁hex am eter ▁for ▁Isaac , ▁where ▁he ▁pra ises ▁his ▁er ud ition ▁and ▁talent . ▁Isaac ▁is ▁identified ▁as ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁a ▁par ap hr ase ▁of ▁a ▁letter ▁of ▁Ar iste as ▁in ▁polit ic ▁verse , ▁preserved ▁in ▁the ▁Ser ag lio ▁Oct ate uch , ▁and ▁as ▁the ▁likely ▁patron ▁of ▁this ▁lux ur ious ▁manuscript . ▁In ▁the ▁typ ikon , ▁Isaac ▁himself ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁composed ▁poetry ▁and ▁compiled ▁it ▁in ▁a ▁book , ▁and ▁is ▁sometimes ▁identified