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Authors: | Minas | Title: | Holy Bishopric of Morphou: The Mother of God, flanked by the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Church of the Archangel Michael in Pedoulas | Start date: | 1474 | End date: | 1474 | Historical Period: | Late Byzantine Period | Description: | On the conch of the bema apse, on a two-colored background, dark blue-black above and greenish below, Theotokos is pictured standing, at full length, her hands are raised, On either side of her head, there is the inscription: MH(TH)P Θ(Ε)ΟΥ Η ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ. In front of her chest, in a medallion, Christ Emmanuel is shown half-length, blessing with his right hand and holding a closed scroll in the left. Flanking Theotokos, in oblique frontal view, dressed in red garments decorated with pearls, the Archangel Michael and Gabriel are depicted on a smaller scale. They are censing with their left hand, outstretching the other hand in supplication |
Place: | Archángelos Michaíl, Cyprus | Languages: | Greek, Ancient (to 1453) | Medium: | paint (coating) | Project: | BYZART Project | Fond: | OUC Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation | Physical type: | mural paintings (visual works) | Material and technique: | painting (image-making) | Data provider: | Open University of Cyprus | License: | All rights reserved | Rights holder: | Holy Bishopric of Morphou |
Appears in Collections: | BYZART |
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