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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture On 11/23/11, Christopher Crockett wrote: > 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 Rather, the _Communion_ of the Apostles. > 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: The figures below are bishops: each wears a pallium-like vestment called an omophorion (literally, 'worn on the shoulders'; a mark of a bishop). Most are metropolitans and wear as a mark of their special rank a priest's tunic (phelonion) patterned with multiple crosses (the general pattern is called polystavron ['of many crosses'] and a tunic so patterned is often called a polystavrion). Scenes of this sort are often called the Liturgy/Service of the Hierarchs (or of the Church Fathers); their participants engage in a service of their own, distinct from the Communion of the Apostles and (when both scenes are present) in a lower register from that of the latter. > http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066403_city-nonresonant0075.jpg Epiphanius of Cyprus > http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066429_city-nonresonant0077.jpg Gregory the Theologian (i.e. Gregory of Nazianzus) > http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066337_city-nonresonant0079.jpg John Chrysostom > http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066419_city-nonresonant0080.jpg Basil (the Great) > http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066404_city-nonresonant0081.jpg Athanasius (of Alexandria) > http://www.orthodoxy-icons.com/uploads/posts/2011-04/1304066342_city-nonresonant0084.jpg Nicholas (of Myra) > 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 The Hetoimasia. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetoimasia Best, John Dillon ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html