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looking now at the broader context of the Mass of the Apostles scene in the
apse, below the Theotokos (is that what it is?), i see that it "begins" with a
procession along what would be the "choir" in a western building
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066394_city-nonresonant0072.jpg
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066352_city-nonresonant0073.jpg
the other apostles going to join in the Feast, with figures of sacred writers
below, some of whose names should be legible --should anyone know how to
read:
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066403_city-nonresonant0075.jpg
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066429_city-nonresonant0077.jpg
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066337_city-nonresonant0079.jpg
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066419_city-nonresonant0080.jpg
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066404_city-nonresonant0081.jpg
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066342_city-nonresonant0084.jpg
immediately below the table of the mass, two angels (with flagellumes) flank a
throne with a book on it and a white dove above the book
http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066401_city-nonresonant0076.jpg
gosh, it's a good thing that Iconography is Boring --otherwise i'd be stuck on
this site forever.
c
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