The Thessaloniki Epitaphios: Notes on Use and Context

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  • Roland Betancourt University of California, Irvine

Abstract

The reverse arrangement of the Communion scene can be explained if this large textile was wrapped around the shoulders of its bearer, a practice attested in artistic and literary portraits of the liturgy’s Great Entrance.

Author Biography

Roland Betancourt, University of California, Irvine

Assistant Professor of Art History

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Published

2014-12-10

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