ICÔNE PEINTE, DORÉE A L’OR FIN, D’APRÈS LE MÉNOLOGUE DE L’EMPEREUR BASILE II DE CONSTANTINOPLE.

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COPY OF A PAINTED ICON
GILDED WITH FINE GOLD
AFTER THE MENOLOGION
OF EMPEROR BASIL II OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

BASIL II PUTS A CROWN
FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON THE HEADS OF THE MAGI

Until the 11th century, the Magi are represented with the Persian Phrygian cap. The crown first appears small and square for the first time in the Menologion of Basil II (10th c.), an illuminated manuscript now kept in the Vatican Apostolic Library.

COPY OF A PAINTED ICONGILDED WITH FINE GOLDAFTER THE MENOLOGION OF EMPEROR BASIL II OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

BASIL II PUTS A CROWN FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE HEADS OF THE MAGI

Until the 11th century, the Magi are represented with the Persian Phrygian cap. The crown first appears small and square for the first time in the Menologion of Basil II (10th c.), an illuminated manuscript now kept in the Vatican Apostolic Library.

COPY OF A PAINTED ICON
GILDED WITH FINE GOLD
AFTER THE MENOLOGION
OF EMPEROR BASIL II OF CONSTANTINOPLE.

BASIL II PUTS A CROWN
FOR THE FIRST TIME
ON THE HEADS OF THE MAGI