Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 25


Christ, Nativity.

Synax.CP, Dec. 25, par. 1 (cols. 343-4).

Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Saba 63, fol. 131r. Miniature cut out. (Baumstark, "Menaion," pp. 69-70).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 22r. (Hutter, II, p. 13, fig. 39).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 278v.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 271. (Menologio, I, pp. 73-4, II, fig. p. 271).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 354, fig. 61, pl. 239).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west bay, vault. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 124, fig. T VI 4; Mijović, Menolog, p. 332, fig. 51; Petković, pl. CXV).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 269, fig. 12).


Adoration of the Magi.

Synax.CP, Dec. 25, Synax. selecta (cols. 343-4).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 272. (Menologio, I, p. 74, II, fig. p. 272).

SEE ALSO: Joseph the Carpenter, December 26