Ecouri constantinopolitane în ilustrările Acatistului din Moldova secolului XVI
Constantinopolitan echoes in the Akathistos illustrations from XVI century Moldova

Summary/Abstract: Previous investigations revealed that a number of scenes in the eleven cycles of the Akathistos painted in Moldavia during the reigns of Peter Rareş and Jeremiah Movilă depend on 14th-early 15th century Byzantine monuments (icons, frescoes, murals) or their parallels. Certain details in these Akathistos illustrations refer to Constantinopolitan miracles or wonder-working icons and relics, such as: healing sands in the Christ Philanthropos monastery (Ancient Serail), the Tuesday procession of the Virgin Hodegetria with the bearer of the icon extending his arm as being crucified, or the use of famous icons (Hodegetria) and relics (Mandylion, maphorion of the Virgin) as securing victory during the city sieges.

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