Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Introduction Calendar Abbreviations List of Iconographical Motifs List of Iconographical Scenes List of Feasts

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 17

Daniel and the Three Hebrews.

Synax.CP, Dec. 17, par. 1 (cols. 317-20).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Dec. 17.

Daniel. Prophet.

BHG 484v-488n; BiblSS IV 448-67; Holweck 262; LCI I 469-73, VI 29-31; ODCC 375.

Hebrews Three. Three Hebrew youths (Ananias, Azarius and Misael) thrown into a furnace under Nebucadnezar. They were rescued by an angel.

BHG 484v-488n; BiblSS II 669-70; Holweck 65; LCI II 464-6, VI 96-7.

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 51, fol. 43r. 1) In upper roundel, three Hebrew youths stand in a fiery furnace. Above, half-figure of an angel, arms extended. 2) In lower roundel, standing figure of Daniel. Very damaged. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 97, fig. 3B3).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 21r. 1) Three Hebrews. In fiery furnace. The three Hebrews stand in a furnace. Above, an angel. 2) Daniel. Persian dress. Orant. (Hutter, II, p. 12, fig. 37).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 271r. 1) Three Hebrews. Persian dress. 2) Daniel. Persian dress. Orant.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 251. Three Hebrews. Persian dress. 1) In fiery furnace. The three youths stand, surrounded by flames, in a furnace. An angel, standing behind them, extends his arms and places his hands on the heads of the youths at left and right. 2) Martyrdom, beheading. One youth is about to be beheaded. The second holds the severed head of his other companion, whose body has fallen to the ground. (Menologio, I, pp. 68-9, II, fig. p. 251).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 252. Daniel. Persian dress. 1) In lions' den. Daniel, orant, stands in front of a cave in which there are two lions. 2) Martyrdom, beheading. (Menologio, I, p. 69, II, fig. p. 252).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Three Hebrews. Martyrdom, beheading. Daniel is named in the inscription, but not represented. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pl. 239).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, east bay, vault. 1) Daniel. Brought before Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel stands before Nebuchadnezzar, seated, crowned. Building. 2) Three Hebrews. Martyrdom, beheading. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 116, fig. T VII 5; Mijović, Menolog, p. 330, fig. 45; Petković, Dečani, pl. CXIII).

SEE ALSO: Bacchus the Younger, December 15