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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 (...
Epimanikia, Introduction Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Liturgical cuffs - epimanikia - are long over-cuffs with which the lower part of the sleeves of the alb worn by the clergy are covered. Until the 12th century, they were, like the epigonation, an excl...
Stole of the Hierarchs, 17th century Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 25.5 x 128 cm., panel: 12.5 cm., hem: 18 cm. The stole consists of an unbroken band of red silk. Six tassels hang from the hem. The two bands which hang from the shoulders are faste...
Stole of Grigorios of Vella, 1813 Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 152.5 x 34.6 cm., panels: 18.5 x 9 cm., inscription: 27.5 cm. This has a depiction of the Root of Jesse, with the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Homage of the Shepherds and the Mag...
Stole of Meletios of Ochrid, 1682 Maria Theocharis 3 November 2011 Dimensions: 150 x 30 cm., inscription: 29 x 8 cm. The stole is decorated with the scene ‘The Prophets from on High’. The yoke has the Theo­tokos enthroned in the type of the Platytera* with the I...
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