Μουσείο Ιεράς Μονής Κύκκου (Κύπρος): Εικόνα, Ιησούς Χριστός ο Σωτήρ του Κόσμου (Ε 820)

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Title:	Μουσείο Ιεράς Μονής Κύκκου (Κύπρος): Εικόνα, Ιησούς Χριστός ο Σωτήρ του Κόσμου (Ε 820)
Start date:	1400
End date:	1499
Historical Period:	Late Byzantine Period
Description:	Icon of Christ in the best-known iconographic type of 'Pantokrator' (Christ the Almighty), that is a bust of Christ holding the Gospel book and making a blessing gesture with his free hand. He is accompanied with a Greek inscription that reads: “Jesus Christ the Saviour of the World”
Size:	67.3 x 50 cm
Place:	Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Cyprus
Languages:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Medium:	tempera wood (plant material)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	OUC Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos
Physical type:	icons (devotional images)
Material and technique:	painting (image-making)
Data provider:	Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos
License:	All rights reserved
Rights holder:	Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos
Appears in Collections:	BYZART