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		<title>Byzantine Enkolpion Cross at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Preserved in the treasury of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, this Byzantine enkolpion cross dates from the 12th century and is fashioned from stone and carved gold. Compact in scale yet densely worked, it belongs to the tradition of precious portable objects intended to be worn close to the body. The suspension loop above the upper arm still makes that original relationship with the wearer immediately legible. Across the surface, ornament and inscription are closely integrated. A [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vatopedi Great Deesis Triptych: A 13th-Century Enkolpion</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Vatopedi Great Deesis triptych is a small Byzantine enkolpion of the thirteenth century, preserved in the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos. Its central element is carved in steatite, while the hinged wings are made of silver gilt with enamel decoration. The object measures approximately 5.5 × 10 × 1.2 cm when open. Its compact scale and coordinated materials place it among the refined works of Byzantine miniature art. The central stone plaque was originally a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Byzantine Reliquary Cross at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Byzantine reliquary cross preserved at Vatopedi Monastery is a small cast-brass work dated to the eleventh or twelfth century. Conceived as both a cross and a reliquary, it combines two closely related sacred images: the Crucified Christ and the Theotokos in supplication. Its compact form, suspension fitting, and articulated construction belong to a well-established family of Byzantine reliquary crosses. The terminology of reliquary, metalwork, and sacred image follows established art-historical usage. Byzantine Reliquary Cross: Form and Iconography Across the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christ in Glory Enkolpion at Vatopedi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Christ in Glory Enkolpion preserved at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos is a double-sided oval Byzantine pendant dated to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century. Its small scale concentrates precious materials, imagery and inscription within a tightly organized surface. Scholarly discussion identifies the object as approximately 4.1 cm high. One face presents Christ in Glory in cloisonné enamel; the other incorporates a dark green jasper intaglio of the Virgin and Child, an engraved [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Byzantine Enkolpion Cross at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dating from the 13th–14th century, this Byzantine enkolpion cross combines a dark stone body with carved and engraved gold fittings and pearls. Preserved at the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, it belongs to a substantial group of Byzantine enkolpia associated with the monastery, objects made for suspension and distinguished by considerable variety in form, material, and workmanship. The cross has a compact, strongly defined silhouette. Its stone core is broad at the intersection of the arms and extends into comparatively short [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hagiosoritissa Enkolpion at Vatopedi Monastery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Preserved at Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, this oval Hagiosoritissa Enkolpion belongs to the 12th–13th century and combines a carved gemstone with a richly ornamented silver-gilt mount. At its centre is the Theotokos Hagiosoritissa, carved in a warm, dark stone identified as probably amethyst. Pearls, green stones and traces of enamel articulate the surrounding frame, while the suspension fitting above establishes the object as a pendant intended to be worn. Within the small cameo, the Virgin is represented without the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thessaloniki Epitaphios: Byzantine Gold Embroidery c. 1300</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. M. Pafilis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Thessaloniki Epitaphios, dated to around 1300 and preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, is among the most remarkable surviving examples of Late Byzantine ecclesiastical embroidery. Measuring 200 × 70 cm, the rectangular liturgical textile is made from silk and linen with gold and silver and was probably produced in a Thessalonian workshop. It was discovered in 1900 in a small church in the city. The Museum identifies its liturgical function with the services of Good Friday, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Christophoros Zefar: Sakkos of the Bishop of Melenikon Ioannikios</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. M. Pafilis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Sakkos of the Bishop of Melenikon Ioannikios, dated to 1745–1753, is an exceptionally rich eighteenth-century episcopal vestment associated through its embroidered inscription with Christophoros Zefar. Preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, it measures 133.5 cm in height and 65 cm in width and is made from silk and linen enriched with gold and silver thread. Across its broad T-shaped surface, dense embroidery transforms the garment into a continuous pictorial and ornamental field. On the front, scrolling [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina Lead Seal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. M. Pafilis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Theodora Doukaina Palaiologina lead seal, dated to 1259–1282 and preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, belongs to the imperial sigillography of the early Palaiologan period. Wife of Michael VIII Palaiologos, founder of the dynasty that ruled the Byzantine Empire after the recovery of Constantinople in 1261, Theodora was closely connected with the Vatatzes imperial house. She was the daughter of John Doukas and a grandniece of Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes, in whose household she was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michael VIII Palaiologos Lead Seal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[T. M. Pafilis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Michael VIII Palaiologos lead seal, preserved in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki, belongs to the reign of the founder of the Palaiologan dynasty, emperor from 1259 to 1282. The Museum associates this type with the seals issued during Michael&#8217;s Nicaean period and the years in which he secured his succession to the Byzantine throne. His restoration of Byzantine rule in Constantinople followed in 1261, after the Latin occupation that had begun in 1204. Michael VIII Palaiologos Lead [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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