Between iconographic patterns and motifs from everyday life. The scene of an eye surgery performed by Saint Colluthos

This paper presents the investigation of a scene on the second layer of paintings done around 800 in the Virgin Church of the Monastery of the Syrians (Deir al-Surian) in the Scetis Desert or the Nitrian Desert (Wadi Al-Natrun). In it one can see Saint Colluthos performing a surgical ope...

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Main Author:	Starodubcev Tatjana
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade 2018-01-01
Series:	Zograf
Subjects:	Scetis Desert the Monastery of the Syrians the Virgin Church Saint Colluthos Egypt cult representation surgery eye ophthalmology
Online Access:	http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2018/0350-13611842001S.pdf

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title	Between iconographic patterns and motifs from everyday life. The scene of an eye surgery performed by Saint Colluthos
title_short	Between iconographic patterns and motifs from everyday life. The scene of an eye surgery performed by Saint Colluthos
title_full	Between iconographic patterns and motifs from everyday life. The scene of an eye surgery performed by Saint Colluthos
title_fullStr	Between iconographic patterns and motifs from everyday life. The scene of an eye surgery performed by Saint Colluthos
title_full_unstemmed	Between iconographic patterns and motifs from everyday life. The scene of an eye surgery performed by Saint Colluthos
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publisher	Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade
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publishDate	2018-01-01
description	This paper presents the investigation of a scene on the second layer of paintings done around 800 in the Virgin Church of the Monastery of the Syrians (Deir al-Surian) in the Scetis Desert or the Nitrian Desert (Wadi Al-Natrun). In it one can see Saint Colluthos performing a surgical operation on an eye. Also presented are writings dedicated to the saint and his cult and images of him. One can recognise influences of pagan traditions and Christian iconographic patterns and details of contemporary everyday life in the scene. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177036]
topic	Scetis Desert the Monastery of the Syrians the Virgin Church Saint Colluthos Egypt cult representation surgery eye ophthalmology
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Between iconographic patterns and motifs from everyday life. The scene of an eye surgery performed by Saint Colluthos

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