Αcheiropoietos basilica, Thessaloniki: Re-examinιng the dedicatory inscriptions of the mosaics that adorn the tribelon intradoses

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Published: Sep 22, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.18563
Keywords:
Early Byzantine period wall mosaics dedicatory inscriptions Acheiropoietos basilica Thessaloniki
Κωνσταντίνος Θ. ΡΑΠΤΗΣ (Κonstantinos Th. RAPTIS)
Dr. Archaeologist-Byzantinist Ephorate of Antiquities of Thessaloniki city
Abstract
In the light of a recent reconsideration of the architecture of the Acheiropoietos basilica in Thessaloniki, and the re-dating of its erection at ca. 500, during the reign of Anastasius I (491-518), this paper re-examines the dedicatory inscriptions of the wall-mosaics that adorn the intrados of its tribelon, and attempts to identify both the named and the un-named donors of the mural decoration of the basilica, placing their sponsorship in the socio-political, both secular and ecclesiastical, context of the period.
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