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Title: Holy Bishopric of Morphou: The woodcarved door of the church, Church of the Holy Virgin in Moutoullas
Start date: 1280
End date: 1280
Historical Period: Late Byzantine Period
Description: 

A glided, relief decoration covers the outer front of the door. A carved channel creates vertical and horizontal stylized registers of two sizes. A cross-shaped rose with four leaves is inscribed in the wider register, while a trefoil covers the empty space in-between. A relief rose decorates the center of the smaller registers. It is one of the few Cypriot, wood carved preserved examples of the middle byzantine period still in situ.

Size: 176x107 cm
Place: Panagía, Cyprus  
Languages: No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium: wood (plant material)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: OUC Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation  
Physical type: doors
Material and technique: carving (processes)
Data provider: Open University of Cyprus  
License: All rights reserved
Rights holder: Holy Bishopric of Morphou  
Appears in Collections:BYZART

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