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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...
Stole, the gift of Roxandra, 1669
Maria Theocharis
3 November 2011
Dimensions: length: 13 cm., breadth: 26.5 cm., diameter of medallions: 14 cm., length of inscription: 21.5 x 26.5 cm.
This stole has on it a depiction of the Root of Jesse29. The righteous Jess...
Stole of Zefar, 1751
Maria Theocharis
3 November 2011
Dimensions: length: 146.5 cm., intervals; 26 cm., floral divisions: 12 cm., inscription: 21 cm.
The section of the stole around the neck is cut in a circle. The two bands which descend from the...
Stole of Radu Païsié, c.1530
Maria Theocharis
3 November 2011
Dimensions: length; 143.5 cm., breadth: 20.5 cm., length of intervals: 17 x 8 cm.
The material which forms the background of this stole is entirely covered by the embroidery. It is cut in a cir...
Stole with the Dodekaorton, 15th century
Maria Theocharis
3 November 2011
Dimensions: 143.5 x 27.5 cm., diameter of the medallions: 10 cm.
The sea-blue material of the background is entirely covered by the silver-embroidery. The continuous band of the stole has embro...
Stoles, Introduction
Maria Theocharis
3 November 2011
From the 6th century, the stole (epitrachelion) was regarded as the necessary vestment of the priest. Without it, he was not permitted to approach the altar. It consists of a strip of material narrow...
Chasuble, 18th century
Maria Theocharis
3 November 2011
Dimensions: lowest points: 459 cm., 97 cm., height: 144 cm.
Here the neck is embroidered on green velvet and the rich embroidery is continued to form a square in front. The rest of the vestment i...