Topography of the Holy Land in an icon in Zakynthos
Abstract
In the Museum of Zakynthos an icon has been treasured from the church of Saint Catherine at Kepoi, a dependency of the monastery of Sinai, which depicts the Holy Land. In terms of iconography, the Zakynthos icon follows the great tradition of the depiction of the Loca Sancta whose origins date back to the Early Christian period. However, in terms of style, the icon follows the later engravings and prints or the illuminated manuscript proskynetaria of the 17th century. Presumably, the icon was painted in Crete and was destined for a church dedicated to the Holy Jerusalem, but ended up in Zakynthos with the Cretan refugees after the second half of the 17th century, as it can be attested from the archival material.
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ΓΕΩΡΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ-ΒΕΡΡΑ Μ. (2011). Topography of the Holy Land in an icon in Zakynthos. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 24, 317–332. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.391
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