The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for May 9

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Isaiah.

Prophet.

Synax.CP, May 9, par. 1 (cols. 665-7).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 39r. Martyrdom, sawing. Isaiah kneels as two executioners saw his head. (Hutter, II, p. 23, fig. 72).

Dečani. Narthex, north aisle, west bay, vault. Martyrdom, sawing. Two executioners are sawing Isaiah's head. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 222, fig. T IX 1; Mijović, Menolog, p. 338, fig. 44; Petković, Dečani, p. 17).

Gračanica. Narthex, south aisle, north wall. Martyrdom, sawing. Praying. Isaiah, wearing a loin cloth, kneels with his hands raised in prayer, as an executioner saws his head. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 299, fig. 29, pl. 136; Todić, Gračanica, p. 104; Živković, Gračanica, fig. IV north wall 6).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, vault. Martyrdom, sawing. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 279, fig. 14).

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