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Virgin Eleousa

Virgin-and-Child type emphasizing intimate physical and emotional contact; the Met’s miniature mosaic example dates to the early 1300s.

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Figures

2 direct
Virgin Maryrepresents · source-backedChristincludes · source-backed

Scenes

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Visual grammar

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Materials & making

1 direct
Miniature Mosaicuses-medium · example-backed

Sacred space

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Places

1 direct
Constantinopleassociated-with · qualified-source-backed

Objects

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Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa← depicts-as-type · source-backed

History & transmission

1 direct
Byzantium and the Latin Westtransmitted-to · source-backed
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  1. ScenesTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  2. ScenesTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  3. ScenesTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  4. Visual grammar
    Virgin EleousarepresentsVirgin Mary← identifiesMP ΘY
    Two-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  5. Visual grammarTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  6. Visual grammarTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  7. Materials & making
    Virgin Eleousauses-mediumMiniature Mosaicis-portable-form-ofMosaic
    Two-step graph path · edge evidence: example-backed + qualified-source-backed
  8. Sacred space
    Virgin EleousarepresentsVirgin Mary← can-display-figureProskynetarion
    Two-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + example-backed
  9. Places
    Virgin EleousarepresentsVirgin Mary← contains-figureNea Moni, Chios
    Two-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + example-backed
  10. Places
    Virgin EleousarepresentsVirgin Mary← contains-figureSaint Sophia, Kyiv
    Two-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + example-backed
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Byzantium and the Latin WestVirgin Eleousa —transmitted-to→ Byzantium and the Latin West · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-205.ChristVirgin Eleousa —includes→ Christ · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-043.Portable Icon with the Virgin EleousaVirgin Eleousa ←depicts-as-type— Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-210.Virgin MaryVirgin Eleousa —represents→ Virgin Mary · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-042.
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represents
Virgin Mary
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
includes
Christ
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
uses-medium
Miniature Mosaic
example-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
associated-with
Constantinople
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
transmitted-to
Byzantium and the Latin West
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← depicts-as-type
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source trail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portable Icon with the Virgin Eleousa
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public-domain-image-and-open-access-data
Smarthistory
Icons, an introduction
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