top of page



Losing your head and finding it again
The Martyrdom of the Three Children Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, as depicted in the manuscript Vatican, BAV gr. 1613 (10th/11th c.), f....
Daniel Oltean
Jun 295 min read


Prince Siddhartha Gautama in the Christian calendar
The translation of Josaphat’s relics by King Barachiah, as depicted in the manuscript Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Ludwig XV 9 (15th c.),...
Daniel Oltean
Jun 285 min read


A journey to the centre of the Earth
Image of Thecla on a Coptic eulogy ampulla (6th/7th c.), Paris, Musée du Louvre, Département des Arts de Byzance et des Chrétientés en...
Daniel Oltean
Mar 215 min read


The Byzantine Synaxarion and the Liturgy of the presanctified gifts
The synaxarion of Pope Gregory I in the manuscript Sinai Gr. 548 (10th c.), f. 142r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279380...
Daniel Oltean
Mar 196 min read


The legend of Emperor Theophilos
Emperor Theophilos and his court, as depicted in the manuscript Madrid, Gr. Vitr. 26-2, 12th c. (Chronicle of Skylitzes), f. 42v,...
Daniel Oltean
Mar 176 min read
Subscribe
bottom of page