Apostle. 1st cen.
Synax.CP, Nov. 14, par. 1 (cols. 221-3).
Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 14.
BHG 1516-1530c; BiblSS V 706-19; Holweck 810-1; LCI VIII 198-205; ODB 1651-2; ODCC 1080; ODS 353-4.
Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 1v. Apostle. Almost completely destroyed. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 88).
Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 3v. The cycle, placed at the beginning of the life of Philip the Apostle, erroneously illustrates scenes from the life of Philip the Deacon. Apostle. Beardless. 1) Philip the Deacon meeting the Eunuch of Ethiopia. Philip, holding a closed scroll, stands behind a quadriga driven by the Eunuch, wearing a turban. The side of the chariot is decorated with a relief of a griffon. 2) Philip the Deacon and the Eunuch of Ethiopia conversing. Philip the Deacon, holding a closed scroll, is seated on a hillock in front of a building. The Eunuch, dark-skinned, wearing a short tunic and turban, is seated on a cushioned bench. 3) Philip the Deacon baptizing the Eunuch of Ethiopia. Philip the Deacon lays his hand on the head of the Eunuch, nude, dark-skinned, standing in the water. Building at left. 4) Philip the Deacon, orant. Two trees. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 258; Ševčenko, N.,Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 88-89, figs. 2F6-10).
Mount Sinai, gr. 500, fol. 275v. Martyrdom, suspension. Philip, wearing loin cloth, hangs from a cross before a tower of the walls of Hierapolis. Bartholomew the Apostle and Philip's sister Mariamne approach at left. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 66, fig. 2A1; Weitzmann and Galavaris, Illuminated Greek Manuscripts, I, p. 77, fig. 213).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 17r. Martyrdom, crucifixion, upside down. Philip is tied upside down to a cross. Damaged miniature. (Hutter, II, p. 9, fig. 29).
Vatican, gr. 859, fol. 1r. Martyrdom, suspension. Philip is being nailed to a post upside down. The executioner, standing on a bench, drives nails into his feet. At the left, two figures, probably Bartholomew the Apostle and Mariamne. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 158, fig. 4D6).
Vatican, gr. 1156, vol. 268r. Apostle, holding closed scroll.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 182. Martyrdom, suspension. Philip, wearing loin cloth, is suspended upside down by ropes tied around his ankles from rings attached to towers of the city wall of Hierapolis. His arms are outstretched in a cruciform pose. (Menologio, I, p. 49, II, fig. p. 182).
Cozia. Narthex, vault, north side. Martyrdom, crucifixion, upside down. Philip, wearing loin cloth, is tied upside down to a cross. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 352, fig. 63).
Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Martyrdom, suspension. Philip, wearing loin cloth, is suspended upside down from the city wall by ropes tied around his ankles. His arms are outstretched in a cruciform pose. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 82, fig. T II 23; Mijović, Menolog, p. 325, fig. 41, pl. 198).
Bishop of Gangra in Paphlagonia. Martyred by the Novatians in 326.
Synax.CP, Nov. 14, par. 2 (col. 223).
BHG 759-759f; BiblSS VII 859-60; Holweck 499; LCI VI 562.
Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 181. Bishop. 1) Overcoming dragon. Thrusting his staff into its mouth, Hypatius holds down the burning dragon. Forum. 2) Martyrdom, stoning. From behind a wall, a Novatian woman stones the fallen bishop. Building. (Menologio, I, p. 49, II, fig. p. 181; Ševčenko, I., "Illuminators of the Menologium of Basil II," fig. 2).
Justinian I, emperor, 527-565, and Theodore, empress, 527-548. Represented as saints.
Synax.CP, Nov. 14, par. 4 (col. 224).
Holweck 578; ODB 1083-4.
Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268r. Justinian. Emperor, holding cross. Wearing crown and loros. Theodora. Empress, holding cross. Wearing crown, loros and thorakion decorated with cross with double traverse.