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The texts of inscriptions in depictions of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin in Byzantine art

Author(s) -

Koukiaris Archimandrite Sylas

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

zograf

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104

H-Index - 3

eISSN - 2406-0755

pISSN - 0350-1361

DOI - 10.2298/zog1438143k

Subject(s) - inscribed figure , byzantine architecture , art , bishops , representation (politics) , period (music) , literature , ancient history , history , classics , politics , paleontology , geometry , mathematics , political science , law , biology , aesthetics

Along with the usual inscription that contains the title of the scene, depictions of the Dormition of Holy Virgin in the art of the Palaiologan period abound in texts inscribed on open books carried by holy bishops or scrolls held by the hymnographers and prophets included in the composition. Inscriptions can also be found in the episodes that sometimes accompany the central representation of the Virgin Mary's death. This paper seeks to compile the most typical examples of such inscriptions, identify their hymnographic and liturgical sources and offer iconographic interpretations

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