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Katzi (standing censer)
Minor Arts The katzi, a kind of standing censer, is a vessel known from the Early Christian era. In the Post-Byzantine period its use is...100% -
Man of Sorrows
Icons and Wood-Carvings The icon depicts the iconographic type known as the “Man of Sorrows”. The center of the scene is dominated by the figure of t...100% -
Descent into Limbo
Dionysios Loverdos Collection In the icon Christ dominates the center of the composition. He is trampling on the gates of the Hell and he pulls the resurre...100% -
Saint Antonios
Icons and Wood-Carvings The icon was in the church of Zoodochos Pigi in the Kimolos island (Cyclades). It was donated in 1904 by the owner of the chu...100% -
Holy Trinity and Saints
Icons and Wood-Carvings The Holy Trinity with the saints Eleutherios, Athanasios, John the Baptist, and Charalambos. The painter was of Cretan descen...100% -
The Power of the Lord on High
Icons and Wood-Carvings The scene illustrates a passage from the Akathistos Hymn. The painter, who was Cretan by descent, worked in Cyclades during t...100% -
Virgin Hodegetria
Icons and Wood-Carvings The icon is covered in an elaborate metal revetment of the 14th century. It was bought by the byzantine & Christian Museum in...100% -
Proskynetario
Paintings In later periods, souvenirs brought home by pilgrims from the Holy Land take the form of painted proskynetaria, easily transp...100% -
Aer
Textile Aer (a liturgical vestment used to cover the chalice and paten) depicting the Crucifixion dated in the 17th-18th century.Coll...100% -
Epigonation
Textile Liturgical vestment depicting the Holy Trinity dated in the 17th c. Collected from Cyclades by G. Lambakis in 1904.100%