The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for January 1

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Christ, Circumcision

Synax.CP, Jan. 1, par. 1 (cols. 363-4).

Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Saba 63, fol. 144r. Miniature cut out. Christ, Circumcision or Basil the Great. (Baumstark, "Menaion," p. 70).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 283r.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 287. (Menologio, I, pp. 78-9, II, fig. p. 287).

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Basil the Great.
Basil of Caesarea.

Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, 370-379.

Synax.CP, Jan. 1, par. 2 (cols. 364-6).

BHG 244-262p; BiblSS II 910-44; DHGE VI 1111-26; Fedalto 21;

Holweck 139-40; LCI V 337-41; ODB 269-70; ODCC 139-41; ODS 34-5.

Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Saba 63, fol. 144r. Miniature cut out. Christ, Circumcision or Basil the Great. (Baumstark, "Menaion," p. 70).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 23r. Bishop, holding book. Wall; two buildings. (Hutter, II, p. 13, fig. 41).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 288. Bishop, holding book. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 79, II, fig. p. 288).

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Theopemptus and Theodota, Martyrs.

Martyred at an unknown time and place.

Synax.CP, Jan. 1, Synax. selecta (cols. 364-5).

Holweck 969; LCI VIII 461.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 289. Martyrdom, beheading. The body and severed head of Theodota lies on the ground. Theopemptus is about to be beheaded. The names are given, but no text accompanies the miniature. (Menologio, I, p. 79, II, fig. p. 289).

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