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Annunciation, Christmas Issue Gospel Covers, Republic of Cyprus

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Title

Annunciation, Christmas Issue Gospel Covers, Republic of Cyprus

Description

Monastic Gospel books with intricate and beautiful illuminations provided craftsmen in the Middle Ages an opportunity to produce some of the most magnificent works of art. Gold and silversmiths of Cyprus who confined their work mainly on the production of ecclesiastical objects of art, and who had developed their trade considerably, began to plate the covers of Gospels in gold and silver. The 10 cents stamp illustrates the Annunciation from a plate decorated in the repousse technique on a printed Gospel of 1768. The illustration follows the post-Byzantine iconography.

Source

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Publisher

Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology

Contributor

Designer: N. Ladommatos

Rights

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.

Relation

www.cypruspost.gov.cy

Format

TIFF

Language

EL, EN

Type

Identifier

2000-CHRISTMAS-10

Coverage

35.160417, 33.346556

Provenance

Oriental Press, Bahrain

Files

Citation

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus and Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Annunciation, Christmas Issue Gospel Covers, Republic of Cyprus,” Αψίδα, accessed December 26, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/13720.