ST. PROKOPIOS AND ST. THEODORE TERON KILLING MONSTERS IN THE PRIZREN GOSPEL
ST. PROKOPIOS AND ST. THEODORE TERON KILLING MONSTERS IN THE PRIZREN GOSPEL

Summary/Abstract: The Prizren Gospel (the last decades of the thirteenth century), destroyed on April 6th, 1941, contained representations of Sts. Prokopios and Theodore Teron. Due to numerous unusual features, they are unique among preserved Serbian medieval artworks. Their potential models in extant medieval Eastern Christian artworks are listed. The most closely related examples can be observed in the Coptic milieu. The question of how the illuminator of the Prizren Gospel could have gotten acquainted with the works of Christian Egypt whose iconographic details he transmitted into a quite original creation is discussed.

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