An early fifteenth century funerary wall-painting in the church of Panagia Paregoritissa in Arta
Abstract
The church of the Virgin Paregoritissa, one of the emblematic monuments of Arta, was extensively rebuilt by the despot of Epiros Nikephoros I. The surviving painted decoration of the church dates mostly in the 16th and 17th century, but quite recently at its north chapel an earlier layer of frescoes was uncovered. The latter can be related, following the historical circumstances of the town of Arta and the epigraphic data of the scene, to the members of the Albanian ruling family of Spata who had kept Arta under their rule from the third quarter of the 14th century and up to 1416. Thus the paintings, whose character is sepulchral, can approximately be dated in the early 15th century.
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ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ Β. Ν. (2011). An early fifteenth century funerary wall-painting in the church of Panagia Paregoritissa in Arta. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 25, 141–154. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.414
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