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Podea with the Root of Jesse, mid 17th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 179.5 x 54.7 cm. The subject is the Root of Jesse41, in conjunction with ‘The Prophets from on High’. On the edge of the podea, against a green background, Jesse is shown recumben...

Podeas, Introduction Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 The podea is a liturgical ornament hung immediately below an icon, a kind of ‘apron’. In texts it is also referred as a ‘poderes skenos’, ‘kraspedon’, or ‘pterygion’ and ‘emprostalion of the holy icon...

Buckle, 19th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: diameter: 10 cm. The Vatopaidi Monastery possesses a number of fine embroidered buckles. The one described here is an imitation of a metal buckle. It consists of two disks with a he...

Belt with facing birds, 19th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions; 114 x 7.5 cm. (Fig. 385). The belt is embroidered on velvet with a row of facing birds which are pecking a heart-shaped plant. They are separated by amphoras which are surrounded by spira...

Belts and Buckles, Introduction Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 The belt (‘zonarion’ or ‘zoster’) was a typical accessory of the dress of the clergy and, in earlier times, the lay nobility. In Byzantium, various belts were the mark of various offices, so that the ...

Epigonation with the Descent into Hell, 18th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 36 cm. each side. The centre of this epigonation is occupied by the Descent into Hell in a rectangular frame with the inscription: “THE RESURRECTION OF CH”. Christ, in an aureole with...

Epigonation of the Ecumenical Patriarch Païsios II (1744) Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 28.5 cm. each side. The embroidery has been carried out in silver thread and high-quality fine silk on a red silk material. It is decorated with a host of small artificial pearls an...

Epigonatia, Introduction Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Initially, the epigonation was a soft napkin (maniple - hand cloth) which hung from the belts of the clergy, as a handkerchief did from the belts of the nobles of Byzantium. At a later date the materi...

Pair of epimanikia with the Annunciation, 18th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: edges: 18.5 cm., 29 cm., length: 18.5 cm. The centre of each cuff is occupied by one of the two figures of the Annunciation in an elliptical floral frame. The central scene is c...

Pair of epimanikia with the Communion of the Apostles, mid 17th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: edges: 34 cm., 24 cm., length: 23 cm. Each of this pair of epimanikia is decorated with the Communion of the Apostles: Communion with Bread (Metadosis) and Communion with Wine (...

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