Byzantine Icon with Koimesis

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Illustration

Patrick Tinkham
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 19 March 2018
Byzantine Icon with Koimesis Download Full Size Image

Made in the late 10th century CE, this ivory icon depicts the Koimesis, or death of the Virgin Mary. Also shown are Saints Peter and Paul. Measures 18.6 x 14.8 x 1.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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Art, M. M. o. (2018, March 19). Byzantine Icon with Koimesis. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8402/byzantine-icon-with-koimesis/

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Art, Metropolitan Museum of. "Byzantine Icon with Koimesis." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 19, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8402/byzantine-icon-with-koimesis/.

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