The Lois Drewer Calendar of Saints
in Byzantine Manuscripts and Frescoes

Calendar of Saints and Feasts for September 9

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Joachim and Anna.

Parents of Virgin Mary.

Anna, SEE ALSO: July 15.

Synax.CP, Sept. 9, par. 1 (col. 29).

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Gr. th. f. 1, fol. 8r. Joachim, holding scroll, and Anna. Half-figures. (Hutter, II, p. 4, fig. 12).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 248r. Joachim, holding scroll, and Anna, holding cross. (Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 33a [Studies, fig. 298]).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 23. Joachim and Anna stand before the gateway in a wall. Behind the wall, a domed rotunda on which is a cross (Menologio, I, p. 9, II, fig. p. 23).

Cozia. Narthex, vault, south side. Joachim and Anna. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 349, fig. 64).

Dečani. Narthex, center aisle, south wall. Joachim, holding scroll, and Anna, holding cross. (Babić et al, Dečani, no. 9, fig. T II 29; Mijović, Menolog, p. 318, fig. 41, pl. 173).

Gračanica. Northeast pier, north face. Joachim, holding scroll, and Anna. Half-figures. (Mijović, Menolog, p. 286, fig. 22; Todić, Gračanica, p. 100; Živković, Gračanica, fig. VI northeast 12).

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Severianus of Sebaste.

Soldier. Martyred at Sebaste in Armenia under Licinius.

Synax.CP, Sept. 9, par. 2 (cols. 29-30).

Simeon Metaphrastes, Sept. 9.

BHG 1626-1627; Holweck 904; LCI VIII 335.

London, British Library, Add. 11870, fol. 77r. Martyr. 1) In central medallion, half-figure, orant. 2) Trial, before Lysias. 3) Torture, beating with clubs. Severianus, nude, prone on ground. 4) Torture, iron claws. Severianus, nude, is bound to a post. 5) Martyrdom, suspension. Severianus, nude, hangs by the waist from the walls of the city of Sebaste. A witness observes from the tower. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 121, fig. 3D9; Walter, "London September Metaphrast," p. 15, fig. 6).

Vatican, gr. 1156, fol. 248r. Soldier, holding spear and shield. (Weitzmann, "Byzantine Miniature and Icon Painting," pl. 33a [Studies, fig. 298]).

Vatican, gr. 1613, p. 24. Martyrdom, suspension. Severianus, wearing loin cloth, feet weighted with a stone, is suspended by ropes from towers on the walls of the city of Sebaste. (LCI VIII, fig. col. 335; Menologio, I, pp. 9-10, II, fig. p. 24).

Venice, Marciana, gr. Z 586, fol. 78v. Martyrdom, suspension. Severianus, nude, hands and feet weighted with millstones, hangs by the waist from the walls of the city of Sebaste. Two witnesses observe from towers. (Ševčenko, N., Metaphrastian Menologion, p. 176, fig. 5C4).

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