The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 8

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John the Evangelist.

Apostle and Evangelist. 1st cen.

SEE ALSO: September 26.

Synax.CP, May 8, par. 1 (cols. 663-4).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39r. Apostle, holding book. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 23, fig. 72).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Dictating to Prochorus?⁴⁷ Only part of the figure of John the Evangelist, turning to his left, is preserved. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 222, fig. T IX 1).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Apostle. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 297, 299, fig. 29; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

⁴⁷ Identification proposed by Babić et al, Dečani, no. 224.

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Arsenius the Great.

Hermit in the Scete Desert in Egypt. 354-445.

Synax.CP, May 8, par. 3 (cols. 665-6).

Simeon Metaphrastes, May 8.

BHG 167y-169c; BiblSS II 477-9; DHGE IV 745-7; Holweck 107-8; LCI V 251-2; ODB 187-8.

Alexandria, Greek Patriarchate, 35, fol. 2r. Monk. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 46, fig. 5F4).

Messina, San Salvatore 27, fol. 286v. Monk, holding book. Bust. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 78, figs. 2E2-2E4).

Meteora, Monastery of the Metamorphosis, 552, fol. 2v. Monk, holding cross. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 33, figs. 1C5-6).

Moscow, gr. 9, fol. 1r. 1) Journey, Arrival at Constantinople. Arsenius, on horseback, arrives at the gates of Constantinople. Two other horsemen accompany him. 2) Teaching. Arsenius stands, teaching the young princes Arcadius and Honorius, wearing crowns, who are writing on scrolls held on their laps. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 66-7, fig. 2A4).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39r. Monk, holding scroll. Three-quarter figure. (Hutter, II, p. 23, fig. 72).

Paris, gr. 1528, fol. 1r. Monk, holding open scroll. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 139, fig. 4A8).

Paris, gr. 1528, fol. 21r. Monk. Burial. Two monks, one swinging a censer, lower Arsenius' body into a sarcophagus. Courtyard. Medallion. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 139, fig. 4A9).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Monk. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

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