Wall painting showing *Isidoros (soldier and martyr of Chios, S00425) with a label in Greek. Found in the church of Panagia Protothronos in Chalki, Naxos (Aegean Islands). Apparently late antique (7th c.?).
Evidence ID
E04561
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Images and objects - Wall paintings and mosaics
In his review of Georges Kiourtzian's study of the pre-7th c. Greek Christian inscriptions of the Cyclades, Phane Drossoyianni mentions an additional inscription, on a wall painting from the church of Panagia Protothronos in Chalki, on the island of Naxos.
The painting shows saint Isidoros and is labelled:
[Ἰ]σίδωρος/'Isidore'
For a detailed description, see the works listed in the Bibliography.
Use of Images
Public display of an image
Bibliography
Edition:Panayotidi, M., "Les peintures murales de Naxos", in: R. Farioli Campanati (ed.) XXXVIII Corso di Cultura sull’ Arte Ravennate e Bizantina. Seminario Internazionale di Studi sul tema: "La Grecia insulare tra Tardoantico e Medioevo". Ravenna, 15 - 20 marzo 1991 (Ravenna: Girasole, 1991), 282.
Zias, N., Πρωτόθρονη στο Χαλκί, in: M. Chatzidakis (ed.), Βυζαντινή Τέχνη στην Ελλάδα, Νάξος, (Athens: Melissa, 1989), 36-37 and fig. 8.
Further readng:
M. Acheimastou-Potamianou, Η βυζαντινή τέχνη στο Αιγαίο, in: Το Αιγαίο, Επίκεντρο Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού 1992, 136, fig. 67.
Drossoyianni, Ph., "[Review:] G. Kiourtzian, Receuil des inscriptions grecques chrétiennes des Cyclades, De la fin du IIIe au VIIe siècle après J.-C.", Βyzantinische Ζeitschrift 95 (2002), 693.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
08/01/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00425 | Isidoros, soldier and martyr of Chios | Certain |
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