SEE ALSO: September 23, January 7, February 24, June 24.
Synax.CP, Aug. 29, par. 1 (cols. 931-4).
Simeon Metaphrastes, Aug. 29.
Alexandria, Greek Patriarchate, 35, fol. 155v. Invention of head relic. Two men approach a hillside on which the nimbed head of John the Baptist visible. A jar in which the relic was found is located nearby. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 46-47, fig. 5G3).
Moscow, gr. 9, fol. 210r. 1) John the Baptist. Birth. 2) John the Baptist. Martyrdom, beheading. 3) Invention of head relic. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 70-71, fig. 2B5).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 53r. John the Baptist. Martyrdom, beheading. (Hutter, II, p. 32, fig. 100).
Paris, gr. 1528, fol. 197r. 1) Annunciation to Zacharias. 2) John the Baptist. Birth. 3) John the Baptist. Martyrdom, beheading. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 143, fig. 4C1).
Paris, gr. 1528, fol. 216r. Invention of head relic. Two men using a spade and a pick have uncovered the nimbed head of John the Baptist. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 143, fig. 4C2).
Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, east wall, pilaster. John the Baptist. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 321, fig. T I 16a; Mijović, Menolog, p. 341, fig. 47; Petković, Dečani, p. 20, pl. 130.1).
Gračanica. Narthex, north aisle, west wall. John the Baptist. Martyrdom, beheading. John the Baptist, wearing a garment of skins, is about to be beheaded. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 307, fig. 25; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. V west wall 14).
Treskevac. Narthex, north tower, west wall. 1) John the Baptist. Martyrdom, beheading. 2) Salome dancing with the head of John the Baptist. Salome, holding the platter with John the Baptist''s head on her head with a cloth, pirouettes. (Gligorijevic-Maksimovic, p. 49; Mijović, Menolog, p. 315, fig. 39, pl. 166).