Steatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount Athos

This paper deals with a steatite icon of the Deposition, which is enshrined in the sacristy of Iveron monastery. The icon consists of two parts, one rectangular of light grey-greenish colour, with a smooth surface, and one arched of a darker colouring, porous texture and a rougher surface. The r...

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Main Author:	Liakos Dimitrios
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade 2010-01-01
Series:	Zograf
Subjects:	Byzantine art steatite icon iconography Deposition Iveron Mt. Athos
Online Access:	http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2010/0350-13611034065L.pdf

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spelling	doaj-dc872c3930754b42bb35f31ede15ea8f2020-11-24T23:20:26ZdeuFaculty of Philosophy, BelgradeZograf0350-13612010-01-01201034657010.2298/ZOG1034065LSteatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount AthosLiakos DimitriosThis paper deals with a steatite icon of the Deposition, which is enshrined in the sacristy of Iveron monastery. The icon consists of two parts, one rectangular of light grey-greenish colour, with a smooth surface, and one arched of a darker colouring, porous texture and a rougher surface. The rectangular, older part of the icon is a fragment of a twelfth century icon from which the lower left angle and fragments of the right and upper side are lost. The fracture of this twelfth century icon led to its restitution which took place in the fourteenth century (the arched part), as it appears by the stylistic data and the inscriptions. At the same time the icon was embedded in the wooden panel. http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2010/0350-13611034065L.pdfByzantine artsteatite iconiconographyDepositionIveronMt. Athos
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title	Steatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount Athos
title_short	Steatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount Athos
title_full	Steatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount Athos
title_fullStr	Steatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount Athos
title_full_unstemmed	Steatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount Athos
title_sort	steatite icon with the deposition at the monastery of iveron on mount athos
publisher	Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade
series	Zograf
issn	0350-1361
publishDate	2010-01-01
description	This paper deals with a steatite icon of the Deposition, which is enshrined in the sacristy of Iveron monastery. The icon consists of two parts, one rectangular of light grey-greenish colour, with a smooth surface, and one arched of a darker colouring, porous texture and a rougher surface. The rectangular, older part of the icon is a fragment of a twelfth century icon from which the lower left angle and fragments of the right and upper side are lost. The fracture of this twelfth century icon led to its restitution which took place in the fourteenth century (the arched part), as it appears by the stylistic data and the inscriptions. At the same time the icon was embedded in the wooden panel.
topic	Byzantine art steatite icon iconography Deposition Iveron Mt. Athos
url	http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-1361/2010/0350-13611034065L.pdf
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Steatite icon with the Deposition at the monastery of Iveron on Mount Athos

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