Re-use of Decorated Silver Plates: a Gospel Cover in the Monastery of St. John on Patmos Cover Image

Sekundarna upotreba dekorativnih srebrnih pločica: Korice Jevanđelja u manastiru Svetog Jovana na Patmosu
Re-use of Decorated Silver Plates: a Gospel Cover in the Monastery of St. John on Patmos

Author(s): Yota Ikonomaki-Papadopoulou
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Vizantološki institut SANU
Keywords: silver plates; Monastery of St. John;

Summary/Abstract: In this article an account is given of a gospel cover from the Monastery of the Apocalypse, today in the sacristy of the Monastery of St John the Theologos, on Patmos. It is decorated with sheets and plaques from objects of differing origins and periods, from the 13th–14th to the 17th century.

  • Issue Year: 2007
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 435-445
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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