Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes


Calendar of Saints and Feasts for November 30


Andrew the Apostle.

Apostle. 1st cen.

Synax.CP, Nov. 30, par. 1 (cols. 265-6).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Nov. 30.

BHG 93-110c, 1489; BiblSS I 1094-13; Holweck 72-3; LCI V 138-52; ODB 92; ODCC 51; ODS 18-9.

Copenhagen, GKS fol. 167, fol. 222r. Apostle. (Mackeprang, Greek and Latin Illuminated Manuscripts, pl. IV; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 59, fig. 1F10).

Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 306r. Apostle, holding closed scroll. (Pelekanides, Treasures, III, fig. 267; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 92, fig. 3A8).

Mount Athos, Dochiariou 5, fol. 306v. Initial A. Figure sawing a timber. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 92, fig. 3A9).

Mount Athos, Lavra {D} 71, fol. 256r. Apostle. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 103).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 19r. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Andrew, wearing a short loin cloth, hangs upside down on a cross. (Hutter, II, p. 10, fig. 33).

Paris, gr. 580, fol. 2v. Apostle, holding scroll. Damaged. (Omont, Miniatures, p. 50, pl. 102; Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 22, fig. 1A12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 270r. Apostle.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 215. Martyrdom, crucifixion. Andrew, wearing long-sleeved tunic, is crucified on a cross flanked by two executioners, one in armor, holding spear and shield, the other holding a sword. (Menologio, I, p. 59, II, fig. p. 215).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. Apostle. Martyrdom, crucifixion in tree. Andrew's wrists are tied to the branches of a tree. His arms are outstretched in a cruciform pose. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 99, fig. T IV 34; Mijović, Menolog, p. 328, fig. 42, pl. 208).