Some observations on the church of the Dormition in Labovo (Albania) and its murals

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Published: Aug 4, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.26194
Keywords:
11th century Byzantine wall paintings murals Deesis Ohrid archbishopric church of the Dormition of the Virgin Labovo Epirus Albania
Anna ZAKHAROVA
Associate Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract
The comparative stylistic analysis of the depiction of a Deesis recently uncovered in the church of the Dormition in Labovo, shows that this depiction is closest to works of the second quarter and middle of the 11th century, such as the frescoes in the narthex of Saint Sophia and in Panagia Chalkeon in Thessaloniki, the mosaic of the Annunciation in the Monastery of Vatopedi and, especially, the murals in the Saint Sophia cathedral in Ohrid and the church of Saint Leontius in Vodoča. Thus it is possible to confirm the dating of the church construction to the 10th or the first half of the 11th century previously proposed by other scholars.
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