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Restoration of Images, 843

The 843 restoration of images marks the end of the second Iconoclast phase in the BIU001 chronological scaffold.

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843 · Restoration

Restoration and Visual Reconstruction · dated event

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Dating / scope noteDefinitive restoration of images under Theodora’s regency and Patriarch Methodios; later remembered as the Triumph of Orthodoxy.

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Empress Theodora (9th century)← restores-images-in · source-backed Theoktistos← participates-in · source-backed Patriarch Methodios I← installed-as-patriarch-during · source-backed

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Anastasis / Harrowing of Hell← grows-in-prominence-after · source-backed Koimesis / Dormition of the Virgin← grows-in-prominence-after · source-backed

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Triumph of Orthodoxy← names-restoration-of · source-backed

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
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Smarthistory
Byzantine Iconoclasm and the Triumph of Orthodoxy
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Smarthistory
Icons, an introduction
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Anastasis / Harrowing of HellRestoration of Images, 843 ←grows-in-prominence-after— Anastasis / Harrowing of Hell · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-031.Empress Theodora (9th century)Restoration of Images, 843 ←restores-images-in— Empress Theodora (9th century) · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-315.Koimesis / Dormition of the VirginRestoration of Images, 843 ←grows-in-prominence-after— Koimesis / Dormition of the Virgin · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-032.Patriarch Methodios IRestoration of Images, 843 ←installed-as-patriarch-during— Patriarch Methodios I · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-317.

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