Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 17


Gregory Thaumaturgus.
Gregory of Neocaesarea.

Bishop of Neocaesarea. ca. 213-ca. 270.

Synax.CP, Nov. 17, par. 1 (cols. 229-34).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 17.

BHG 715-715e; BiblSS VII 214-7; DHGE XXII 39-42; Holweck 450-1; LCI VI 453-4; ODCC 600-1; ODS 195-6.

Copenhagen, GKS fol. 167, fol. 4v. Bishop, holding book. (Mackeprang, Greek and Latin Illuminated Manuscripts, pl. III; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 57, fig. 1E9).

Genoa, Miss. Urbana 36, fol. 1r. Bishop, holding book. Damaged. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, pp. 43-4, fig. 1D6).

Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 9v. Bishop, holding book. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 259; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 89, fig. 2F12).

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 71, fol. 7r. Bishop. Damaged. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 102).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 17v. Bishop, holding book. Half-figure. (Hutter, II, p. 9, fig. 30).

Paris, gr. 580, fol. 2v. Bishop. Gregory, holding book, flanked by a priest, and a deacon, holding pyxis and censer. (Omont, Miniatures, p. 50, pl. 102; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 20, fig. 1A12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 268r. Bishop, holding book.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 188. Bishop, holding book. Building with arcade. (Menologio, I, pp. 50-1, II, fig. p. 188).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, north side. Gregory? Standing figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 352, fig. 63).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 85, fig. T II 38; Mijović, Menolog, p. 326, fig. 41, pl. 202).