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Source Description
This ivory piece is one half of a 'panaghiarion,' a case designed to enclose the 'panagia,' bread dedicated to the Virgin in an Orthodox worship service (compare Walters 71.257-258). The relief carving is in the composition known as the Hospitality of Abraham, or the Holy Trinity. In this classical Eastern representation of the doctrine of the Trinity, Abraham's three angelic visitors sit at a table, with Abraham's house and the Oak of Mamre behind them (Gen. 18:1-15). On the back, the side that would be worn outward, is an image of the crucifixion with the apostles. The other half of this piece would have carried an image of the Virgin of the Sign, a composition also known as Panagia (All Holy One).
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35520
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Fragment from a Pendant (Panaghiarion) with the Holy Trinity
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35520
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title
Fragment from a Pendant (Panaghiarion) with the Holy Trinity
description
This ivory piece is one half of a 'panaghiarion,' a case designed to enclose the 'panagia,' bread dedicated to the Virgin in an Orthodox worship service (compare Walters 71.257-258). The relief carving is in the composition known as the Hospitality of Abraham, or the Holy Trinity. In this classical Eastern representation of the doctrine of the Trinity, Abraham's three angelic visitors sit at a table, with Abraham's house and the Oak of Mamre behind them (Gen. 18:1-15). On the back, the side that would be worn outward, is an image of the crucifixion with the apostles. The other half of this piece would have carried an image of the Virgin of the Sign, a composition also known as Panagia (All Holy One).
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
16th century (Early Modern)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
pyxides
pendants (jewelry)
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1
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diam: 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm)
Source extras
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Russian
inscriptions
[Transcription] + Троица с(вя)таѧ. Бл(а)го(сло)венъ еси
Христе Б(о)же н(а)шь
iиже прем(уд)раiа ловца iiавлеи
пославъ имъ Д(у)хъ с[вятый]. [+ Благословен еси
Христе Боже наш
иже премудры ловцы явлей
ниспослав им Духа святаго.];[Translation] + The Holy Trinity. Blessed art Thou
Christ our God
Who hast shown forth the fishermen as supremely wise by sending down upon them the Holy Spirit (troparion for the feast of Pentecost).
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House of Romanov
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bone
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6214
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BYZ
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246
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photo
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