The apse depicts the Virgin Blachernitissa in the posture of an orant flanked by the Fathers of the Church, including St. Cyril, St. Basil, St. Athanasius, St. John Chrysostom, St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. James with the names of two other saints missing. The semi-dome would have held a Pantocrator on the 1207/08 layer, but the traces of the earlier layer suggest that it once held the symbols of the four evangelists.
Creator
Emma Loosley
Date of Visit
3rd May 2003
Contributor
Charles Chemaly
Rights
Metadata and all media released under Creative Commons
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Type
Painting
Tags
1207/08, An Nabk, Church, Church Fathers, Deir Mar Musa, Deir Mar Musa al-Habashi, Fresco, Immanuel, Mar Musa al-Habashi, Monastery, Syria, Virgin Mary
Collection
Citation
Emma Loosley, “Apse frescoes of the Virgin Blachernitissa with the Fathers of the Church,” Architecture and Asceticism, accessed November 24, 2024, https://architectureandasceticism.exeter.ac.uk/items/show/533.