technique
Egg Tempera
Tempera painting became a major medium for later Byzantine panel icons and manuscript images; BIU treats it separately from the object or support.
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Materials Laboratory profile
Egg tempera
Painted panels · 4 registered sources
Source-scope / reconstruction noteBinder recipes and pigment mixtures vary; BIU does not infer exact binder composition from the word “tempera” unless the source specifies egg tempera.
Raw material / support2 records
Preparation1 record
Making technique1 record
Surviving object evidence2 records
Condition / reconstruction1 record
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1 explicit edgeIcon types + scenes
1 explicit edgeHistory + chronology
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Technical source trail
Sources supporting this making profile.
British Museum
Icon with the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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Icon with the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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text-reference-only; collection image reuse requires current British Museum terms review
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant
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Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant
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Public Domain object image on current Met record; Open Access terms apply
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke
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Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data
The Icon Museum and Study Center
Creation of an Icon
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Creation of an Icon
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text-reference-only; modern icon-making demonstration is a reconstruction/teaching source, not universal proof of Byzantine workshop practice
Discovery profile
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7 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 1 navigation theme
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Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)Egg Tempera ←uses-technique— Four Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-772.Manuscript IlluminationEgg Tempera ←can-use-technique— Manuscript Illumination · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-121.Panel PaintingEgg Tempera ←can-use-technique— Panel Painting · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-119.Egg-Yolk BinderEgg Tempera —uses-material→ Egg-Yolk Binder · qualified-source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-369.
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- Egg TemperaTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
uses-techniqueFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)depictsSaint John Dictating to Prochoros - Two explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
- Egg TemperaTwo explicit edges; intermediate record remains visible.
uses-techniqueFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)depictsAnastasis / Harrowing of Hell
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Open learning step →Connected record
← uses-techniqueIcon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← uses-techniqueFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Met 2013.980a–d)
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source trail
Smarthistory
Icons, an introduction
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Icons, an introduction
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text-reference-only; image rights vary by credited work
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke
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Manuscript Illumination with the Evangelist Luke
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data
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