The horsemen of Karbala

This article analyzes a fresco from the ninth or tenth century preserved in a sepulchre church at Guzelyurt (ancient Karbala) in Cappadocia. Two officers of the Byzantine army, Leon, a skribon, who is buried there, and Michael, a turmarch, are depicted on horseback, in keeping with the iconographic...

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Main Author: Jolivet-Levy Catherine
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade 2009-01-01
Series:Zograf
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2009/0350-13610933019J.pdf