The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 1

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Cosmas and Damian of Cilicia.

Physicians. From Cilicia. Twin sons of Theodota. Died in peace. In the West, the three sets of brothers named Cosmas and Damian are merged.

Cosmas and Damian of Arabia, SEE ALSO: October 17.

Cosmas and Damian of Rome, SEE ALSO: July 1.

Synax.CP, Nov. 1, par. 1 (col. 185).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 1.

BHG 372-392; BiblSS IV 223-7; DHGE XIII 930; Holweck 240; LCI VII 344-52; ODCC 350; ODS 101.

Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Saba 63, fol. 62r. Miniature cut out. (Baumstark, "Menaion," p. 69).

Mount Sinai, gr. 499, fol. 2r. Holding scrolls. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 152, fig. 6F2; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, p. 95, fig. 287).

Mount Sinai, gr. 500, fol. 5r. 1) Miracle, healing man who swallowed snake. Cosmas and Damian approach a standing man who is disgorging a snake. Two basilican churches, crosses surmounting gables. 2) Miracle, healing camel. Cosmas makes a gesture of blessing while Damian touches the leg of the camel. Building. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 64, fig. 1G1; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, pp. 74-5, fig. 200).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 15v. Praying. (Hutter, II, p. 8, fig. 26).

Thessaloniki, Vlatadon Monastery, 3, fol. 1r. Praying. Cosmas and Damian, facing each other, raise draped hands toward the arc of Heaven. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 39, figs. 1C11-12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 263v. Martyrs, holding crosses.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 152. Priests. Cosmas and Damian lift draped hands to receive physician's bag held in the Hand of God descending from a starry arc of Heaven. (Menologio, I, p. 41, II, fig. p. 152).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 351, fol. 3r. Initial A. Almost completely destroyed. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 170, fig. 4G1).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, north side. Two standing figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 351, fig. 63, pl. 240).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Holding scrolls? Standing before a wall behind which there is a basilican church. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 68, fig. T IV 17; Mijović, Menolog, p. 324, fig. 42).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Holding probes. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 267, fig. 7, pl. 40).

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Cyrenia and Juliana of Tarsus.
Cyriaena of Tarsus.

Virgins. Martyred at Tarsus in Cilicia under Maximian.

Synax.CP, Nov. 1, par. 2 (cols. 185-6).

BiblSS III 1288; Holweck 252; LCI VI 14.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 15v. Martyrdom, burning. Half-figures, in flames. (Hutter, II, p. 8, fig. 26).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 153. Martyrdom, burning. Cyrenia, represented as a beardless youth, and Juliana, in bonfire stoked by executioner. (Menologio, I, p. 41, II, fig. p. 153).

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John of Arbela and James Zelotes.

John, bishop of Arbela, and James, a priest, martyred in Persia under Shapur II.

Synax.CP, Nov. 1, par. 3 (cols. 186-8).

BiblSS VI 1008-9; Holweck 546; LCI VII 191.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 154. Funeral. The bodies of John, bishop, and James, priest, lie together in a sarcophagus decorated with reliefs of nude male athletes and a head in profile. Two priests, one holding censer and pyxis, mourn them. At left, a walled city with a church whose dome is surmounted by a cross. (BiblSS VI, fig. col. 1009-10; Menologio, I, p. 41, II, fig. p. 154).

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