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Virgin Hodegetria

A widespread Virgin-and-Child image type associated by name and tradition with the Hodegon monastery in Constantinople.

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Marian Images

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Graph-reading boundaryDirect connections below are explicit BIU relationship records. Two-step paths are navigation trails through two preserved edges and are not presented as new direct historical claims.

Figures

3 direct
Virgin Maryrepresents · source-backedChristincludes · source-backedSaint Luketraditionally-attributed-to · qualified-source-backed

Scenes

0 direct

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Visual grammar

4 direct
Hodegetria Indicating Gestureuses-gesture · source-backedScrollincludes-attribute · source-backedBlessing Gestureincludes-gesture · source-backedCentral and Flanking Figuresuses-composition · qualified-source-backed

Materials & making

0 direct

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Sacred space

0 direct

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Places

1 direct
Constantinopleassociated-with · source-backed

Objects

2 direct
Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)← depicts-as-type · source-backedIcon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant← depicts-type · source-backed

History & transmission

0 direct

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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 HodegetriarepresentsVirgin 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 grammar
    Virgin HodegetriaincludesChrist← identifiesIC XC
    Two-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  7. Materials & makingTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  8. Materials & makingTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + source-backed
  9. Materials & makingTwo-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + qualified-source-backed
  10. Sacred space
    Virgin HodegetriarepresentsVirgin Mary← can-display-figureProskynetarion
    Two-step graph path · edge evidence: source-backed + example-backed
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10 bounded direct results · 12 bounded two-step paths · 3 navigation themes

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Blessing GestureVirgin Hodegetria —includes-gesture→ Blessing Gesture · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-501.ChristVirgin Hodegetria —includes→ Christ · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-005.ConstantinopleVirgin Hodegetria —associated-with→ Constantinople · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-006.Hodegetria Indicating GestureVirgin Hodegetria —uses-gesture→ Hodegetria Indicating Gesture · source-backedWhy this? Explicit relationship rel-455.
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Connected record

represents
Virgin Mary
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
includes
Christ
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
associated-with
Constantinople
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← depicts-as-type
Icon with the Virgin and Child (Met 17.190.103)
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
traditionally-attributed-to
Saint Luke
qualified-source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
← depicts-type
Icon of the Virgin and Child, Hodegetria variant
source-backed · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
uses-gesture
Hodegetria Indicating Gesture
source-backed · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
includes-attribute
Scroll
source-backed · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
includes-gesture
Blessing Gesture
source-backed · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
uses-composition
Central and Flanking Figures
qualified-source-backed · Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection

Source trail

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icon with the Virgin and Child
Open source ↗
public-domain-image-and-open-access-data
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Icons and Iconoclasm in Byzantium
Open source ↗
text-reference-only

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