Byzantine dress (redirect from Maphorion)
with divine subjects. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) is shown wearing a maphorion, a more shaped mantle with a hood and sometimes a hole at the neck. This...
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Virgin's veil (section Maphorion at Constantinople)
to carry the maphorion into battle when he carried it as a battle standard against the Cumans. Defeated, he had to stash the maphorion in a tree, although...
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and in Ancient Rome women wore the palla, a rectangular mantle, and the maphorion. The typical feminine outfit of aristocratic women of the Renaissance...
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image of the Virgin Mary standing fully erect, facing right, wearing a maphorion, a himation and a mitre, with a halo surrounding her head and her hands...
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greys, which harmonize with the gilded ochres, while in the Madonna's maphorion (mantle) deep blue is closely combined with bright red. The rhetoric of...
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both hands raised in supplication. The head is covered by the shawl (maphorion) with the star on her brow; this spica ("ear of corn") was considered...
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Trinita Maestà, Marie's mantle opens over her chest to reveal the red maphorion beneath, in a manner similar to the 1288 Maestà and differing from the...
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tunics, most women were obliged to cover even their hair with the long maphorion (μαφόριον) veil. Women of means, however, spared no expense in adorning...
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accentuated with gold cloison outlines. She is shown wearing a dark blue maphorion, with her hands clasped in prayer and her face turned towards Jesus. Blachernitissa...
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Christ's mantle, and the maforium (outer garment). The exquisitely crafted maphorion is depicted as a rose gold-plated garment with deep red detailing. On...
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first time by our anonymous master of an innovation of Duccio's: the "maphorion" (sailing virgin) painted in white. Previously (see Maesta, the central...
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According to Kazimierz Michałowski, the saint is dressed in a purple maphorion, a type of hooded cloak. The folds of the hood are marked in black. The...
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from Chalkoprateia The belt of the Virgin Mary brought from Zela The maphorion of the Virgin Mary Locks of hair from St. John the Baptist The lid of...
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left hand, while her right hand is brought to her chest, wearing a red maphorion. Christ is depicted enthroned, as usual, with his right hand blessing...
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left-hand side, Mary Magdalene in white turban and another woman in a green maphorion are looking up at the cross. In the foreground of the composition, St...
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