Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 1


Jeremiah.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, May 1, par. 1 (cols. 645-7).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 38r. Prophet, holding scroll. (Hutter, II, p. 22, fig. 70).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Jeremiah?42 Prophet. Half-figure. Fragmentary. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 222, fig. T III 38).

42 Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 222.


Bata of Nisibis.

Monk. Martyred at Nisibis in 364.

Synax.CP, May 1, par. 2 (cols. 647-8).

BiblSS II 970-1; Holweck 142.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 38r. Bata? Martyrdom, beheading. Name not inscribed. (Hutter, II, p. 22 [unidentified], fig. 70).