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Source Description
Two separate episodes are depicted within a single frame. On the left, Christ's disciple Timothy is being clubbed to death by one of the pagans whose festival he had disrupted. He wears an episcopal stole (omophorion) because he is bishop of Ephesos. At the right, two men carry a coffin, while a priest before them swings a lit censer. This represents either the burial of Timothy at Ephesos or the translation (transfer) of his remains to the Constantinopolitan Church of the Holy Apostles in 356.
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Document identity
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77780
label
The Martyrdom of Saint Timothy
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object
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3
Source metadata
id
77780
contentType
object
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normalized
title
The Martyrdom of Saint Timothy
description
Two separate episodes are depicted within a single frame. On the left, Christ's disciple Timothy is being clubbed to death by one of the pagans whose festival he had disrupted. He wears an episcopal stole (omophorion) because he is bishop of Ephesos. At the right, two men carry a coffin, while a priest before them swings a lit censer. This represents either the burial of Timothy at Ephesos or the translation (transfer) of his remains to the Constantinopolitan Church of the Holy Apostles in 356.
provenance
Library of the Greek Patriarchate, Alexandria (no. 32/33) [known to have been there in 1895 and 1901, but reported lost by 1914]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase [probably from Leon Gruel, Paris]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1025-1050
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rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
30
height
23.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 13/16 x W: 9 1/4 in. (30 x 23.5 cm)
Source extras
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Byzantine
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nk and pigments on very high quality parchment
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6640
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MSS
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2397
358
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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f49c0ee701924af8
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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250b2d215c5915cd
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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bbcbdef33f3117ab
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no
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no