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Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis (Cyprus): Icon of Mother of God Blachernitissa (TE2263)

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Start date
1200
End date
1399
Historical period
Late Byzantine Period
Description

A large, semicircular icon of Mother of God following the iconographic type of Blachernitissa. She is shown half-length, frontally with both arms upraised in prayer in the Orant pose, namely at either side of her body. The figure is accompanied by an inscription, successively identifying in Greek and in Latin. A medallion of the Christ is depicted in front of her chest. Provenance: Askas, Cyprus

Language
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Physical type
icons (devotional images)
- (AAT Getty)
Medium
tempera
- (AAT Getty)
wood (plant material)
- (AAT Getty)
Material and technique
painting (image-making)
- (AAT Getty)
relief (sculpture techniques)
- (AAT Getty)
Place
Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis, Cyprus  
Fond
OUC Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis  
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14008/10321
Project
BYZART Project  
Data provider
Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis  
License
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights Holder
Byzantine Museum of Holy Bishopric of Tamasos and Oreinis  
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