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Title: Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Church of Panagia (Our Lady) of Kanakaria, dome and apse decoration (B9167-1)
Start date: 525
End date: 550
Historical Period: Early Byzantine/Late Antique Period
Description: 

Lythragkomi, Panagia Kanakaria, dome: fragments of paintings (second half of the 12th c.); apse: mosaic depicting in the centre the enthroned Virgin with Christ within a mandorla, flanked by archangels, and above them a register with the busts of the apostles in medallions. In 1979 mosaics were ripped from the walls of the church and sold on the art market. Law courts decided that they should be returned to Cyprus, where some mosaic fragments are on display in the Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation.

Languages: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Medium: stone (worked rock)
glass (material)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus  
Physical type: mosaics (visual works)
Material and technique: mosaic (process)
License: All rights reserved
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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