The Mother of God of the Kanikleion

<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The lead seal of the 11th/12th century here publish...

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Main Author: George P. Galavaris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2001-09-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/12491
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Summary:<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The lead seal of the 11th/12th century here published offers an image of the Virgin Kiriotissa, but the inscription gives <em>Kanikliotisa</em>; this must invoke an icon of Mary that would have been in the Kanikleion monastery.<br /></span></p> <!--EndFragment-->
ISSN:0017-3916
2159-3159