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Constantine the Great and Empress Helena.

Synax.CP, May 21, par. 1 (cols. 697-700).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 40v. Constantine and Helena, each wearing crown and loros, flank a cross with double traverse. Three-quarter figures. (Hutter, II, p. 24, fig. 75).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 309v. Constantine, wearing crown and loros, and Helena, wearing crown, loros and thorakion, grasp a cross with double traverse and suppedaneum.

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, center bay, vault. Constantine and Helena, each wearing crown and loros, stand on either side of a cross with double traverse. Three-quarter length figures. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 235, fig. T VI 8; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 52; Petković, Dečani, p. 17, pl. CXXVII).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Constantine and Helena, each wearing crown and loros, stand on podia, flanking a cross-staff with double traverse. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29, pl. 135; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, east wall. Constantine and Helena. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 9).

Thessaloniki, Nicholas Orphanos. Constantine and Helena. Only the lower part of the figures of Constantine and Helena, wearing loroi, holding the cross, is preserved. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 259, fig. 4, pl. 17; Tsitouridou, p. 184, pl. 76).

SEE ALSO: Meletius Stratelates, May 24

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