Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 6


Job.

Synax.CP, May 6, par. 1 (cols. 659-62).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 38v. Job on the ash heap. Job, nude, sits on the ash heap. His wife, holding a rectangular shovel, stands at the right. (Hutter, II, p. 22, fig. 71).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 306v. Job on the ash heap. Job, nude, covered with sores, sits on the ash heap. A bearded male friend, holding a rectangular shovel, stands at the right.

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Standing figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, fig. 29; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).