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Description: | VISTEA FAGARS, icoano pesticla, reg. STALIN.
Icon of the three hierarchs: Basil the Great (known as Basil of Caesarea), Gregory the Theologian (known as Gregory of Nazianzus) and John Chrysostom. John wears a bishop's sakkos, literally 'sackcloth', vestment, the other two wear the usual orthodox priest's garb, phelonia. All three wear the typical Orthodox mitre, based on the imperial crown of the late Byzantine empire, with a cross on the top. Polychrome with gold pigment, framed with wood and glass. In original frame.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1957.26 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood paintings (ritual & belief: representations) paper glass paint icons gold gilding painting | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-89372 | Go to resource |
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