Observations on a sinai tetraptych of the late comnenian period
Abstract
The Sinai tetraptych which is being assessed here is a work fairly well-known to the scholarly research, as it had been published separately. One of its central panels that with the Last Judgment, bares the inscription ΔΟΥ[ΛΟ]Ν ΑΒΡΑΑΜ which could be interpreted as pointing to the donor of the work. The examination of the painted decoration in terms of iconography and style, of mediocre quality, showcases that is the work of a local painter from Sinai and can be dated around 1200. Furthermore, the decorative pattern at the back of the two extreme leaves, the crosses included in circles, which is repeated as well in icons which were either produced or linked to the monastery of Sinai consolidated the above.
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ΑΣΠΡΑ-ΒΑΡΔΑΒΑΚΗ Μ. (2011). Observations on a sinai tetraptych of the late comnenian period. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 24, 211–222. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.381
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