Index of Medieval Art

The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Introduction Calendar Abbreviations List of Iconographical Motifs List of Iconographical Scenes List of Feasts

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 14

Exaltation of the Cross.

Synax.CP, Sept. 14, par. 1 (cols. 43-5).

Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Saba 63, fol. 16v. Miniature cut out.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 9v. A bishop stands on an ambo, raising a cross with double traverse. Four clerics stand on the steps of the ambo. (Hutter, II, p. 4, fig. 14; Moran, Singers, p. 36).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 250v. A bishop, wearing vestments with polystavrion, stands on an ambo, holding aloft a cross with double traverse. On the steps of the ambo are three deacons. (Walter, Art and Ritual, fig. 45; Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 32 [Studies, fig. 297]).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 35. A bishop stands on an ambo holding aloft a cross with double traverse. Flanking him, on the steps of the ambo, are four clerics, including two tonsured deacons, one holding a candle. In the background, colonnades and apse of the church. (Menologio, I, p. 12, II, fig. p. 34; Moran, Singers, p. 60, fig. 22; Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 31 [Studies, fig. 296).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, north wall. A bishop, wearing vestments with polystavrion, stands on an ambo holding aloft a cross, surrounded by clerics. In the background, a domed church. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 15, fig. T IV 1; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 42; Moran, Singers, p. 61, fig. 26).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, north face. A bishop, wearing vestments with polystavrion, stands on an ambo under a ciborium holding a jewelled cross with double traverse. Below, the emperor, wearing crown and loros, holding a jewelled cross-staff, and a group of clerics. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 20, pl. 119; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 7; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 61b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 9).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, east wall. A bishop, wearing vestments with polystavrion, stands on an ambo under a ciborium holding a jewelled cross with double traverse. He is accompanied by a bishop and two other clerics. Below, four chanters, two wearing beehive hats. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 260, fig. 9, pl. 19; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 110.3; Moran, Singers, p. 61, fig. 25; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84).

Papas of Lycaonia.

Martyred under Maximian.

SEE ALSO: March 16.

Synax.CP, Sept. 14, par. 2 (cols. 45-6).

BiblSS X 314; Holweck 769; LCI VIII 115.

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 36. Martyrdom, beating with clubs. Miracle of Fig Tree. Papas, wearing loin cloth, bound hand and foot to stakes, is prone on the ground at the foot of the barren fig tree which, nourished by his blood, miraculously bears fruit. Portico; tower. (Menologio, I, pp. 12-3, II, fig. p. 36).

Gračanica. Southwest pier, north face. Martyr, holding cross. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 20, pl. 120; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 7; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 61b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southest 9).

John Chrysostom.

Bishop of Constantinople, 398-404. d. 407.

SEE ALSO: November 13, January 27.

Synax.CP, Sept. 14, par. 3 (col. 46).

BHG 870-881z; BiblSS VI 669-700; Fedalto 3; Holweck 533-4; LCI VII 93-101; ODB 1057-8; ODCC 285-6.

Gračanica. Southwest pier, north face. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Half-figure. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 287, fig. 20, pl. 120; Petković, "Gračanica," fig. 7; Petković, Peinture serbe, I, pl. 61b; Todić, Gračanica, p. 101; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI southwest 9).

Staro Nagoričino. Narthex, north aisle, east wall. Bishop, wearing polystavrion, holding book. Bust. (Mijović, Menolog, fig. 9, pl. 19 [not identified]; Millet, Peinture, III, pl. 110.3; Todić, Staro Nagoričino, p. 84).