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...

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...

and in Ancient Rome women wore the palla, a rectangular mantle, and the maphorion. The typical feminine outfit of aristocratic women of the Renaissance...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

first time by our anonymous master of an innovation of Duccio's: the "maphorion" (sailing virgin) painted in white. Previously (see Maesta, the central...

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...

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...

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...