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Title: Μουσείο Ιεράς Μονής Κύκκου (Κύπρος): Ορειχάλκινος δίσκος αντιδώρου. Φέρει έξεργη διακόσμηση με συμμετρική διάταξη από καρπούς, αποτρόπαιες μάσκες και φύλλα αμπέλου (Σ 1207)
Start date: 1400
End date: 1599
Historical Period: Late Byzantine Period
Description: 

Brass paten for the antidoron (Greek for “instead of gifts”, that is leavened bread which is blessed but not consecrated and is used in Byzantine rite). It is decorated with fruits, apotropaic masks and vine leaves in symmetrical arrangement.

Place: Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos, Cyprus  
Languages: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Medium: brass (alloy)
Project: BYZART Project  
Fond: OUC Museum of the Holy Monastery of Kykkos  
Physical type: metalwork (visual works)
Material and technique: casting (process)
engraving (action)
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

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