Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

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Calendar of Saints and Feasts for December 28

Twenty Thousand Martyrs of Nicomedia.

SEE ALSO: December 30.

Synax.CP, Dec. 28, par. 1 (cols. 349-52).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 22v. Martyrdom, burning in church. Some of the Twenty Thousand martyrs, including two bishops, stand inside and in front of a burning church. (Hutter, II, p. 13, fig. 40).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 282v. Five martyrs, holding crosses.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 279. Martyrdom, burning in church. Some of the Twenty Thousand martyrs, including a bishop, can be seen within the arches of the church of Nicomedia which has been surrounded with wood and set on fire. (Menologio, I, p. 76, II, fig. p. 279).

Cozia. Narthex, east wall. Martyrdom, burning. Large group of figures, surrounded by flames. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 356, fig. 61, pl. 239).

Dečani. Narthex, south aisle, west bay, vault. Martyrdom, burning in church. Two groups of martyrs, enclosed in flames, flank the entrance to a domed church which has been set on fire. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 127, fig. T VII 1; Mijović, Menolog, p. 332, fig. 45; Petković, pl. CXV).

Theodore and Theophanes Graptoi.

Monks. Brothers. Sons of Jonah the Sabbaite. Theophanes, hymnographer. Disciples of Michael Syncellus in the Monastery of St. Sabas, Jerusalem. Confessors at Constantinople under Leo V and Theophilus. Theodore d. 841-4; Theophanes d. 845.

Theophanes, SEE ALSO: October 11.

Synax.CP, Dec. 28, par. 2 (cols. 352-4); Dec. 27, Synax. selecta (cols. 349-50).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Dec. 27.

BHG 1745z-1746a, 1793; BiblSS XII 284-5; Holweck 964, 970; LCI VIII 444, 461; ODB 2042, 2062.

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 51, fol. 156r. Dec. 27. Two monks, holding closed scrolls. Theophanes wears a turban. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 98, fig. 3B10).

Mount Sinai, gr. 508, fol. 190r. Dec. 26. Triumph. Initial T. Leo V, crowned, is entwined by two snakes. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 156, fig. 6F6.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 276. Theodore Graptos. Bishop, holding book. (Error in costume.) Building. (Menologio, I, p. 75, II, fig. p. 276).

SEE ALSO:
Indes, Domna and companions of Nicomedia, December 30
Theodore I of Constantinople, December 27