Letter of the patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem to the emperor Theophilos in the year 836
| Name of text: | Letter of the patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem to the emperor Theophilos in the year 836 |
| Author of text: | anonymous |
| Date of text: | 9C |
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| Name of structure in text: | Church of the Nativity |
| Type of structure in text: | church |
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| Century of structure 1: | 1 AD |
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| Country in text: | Israel |
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| City in text: | Bethlehem |
| Specific place of mosaic in text: | facade |
| Description of mosaic in text: | Magi |
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| Tesserae silver mentioned in text? | |
| Tesserae gold mentioned in text? | |
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| Bibliography: | PRIMARY SOURCE EDITION FROM 1864. OTHERWISE: Duchesne, L., 'L'iconographie byzantine dans un document grec du IX siècle', Roma e l'Oriente 5 (Nov 1912-April 1913), 222-39, 273-85, 349-66. Includes Italian translation.
Cormack, R., Writing in Gold (1985), 121-122. Vasiliev, A., 'The life of St Theodore of Edessa', Byzantion 16 (1942-43), 165-225, esp. 216-25. |
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