Saint Helena
Dublin Core
Title
Saint Helena
Subject
Description
Saint Helena is portrayed in an imperial attire, as the crown, loros and red shoes reveal and the sigla identify her.
She is depicted on one of the thirteenth century strengthened responds, and therefore it was not painted over frescoes belonging to the original programme.
Her depiction without her son, Constantine, accompanying her, and her reappearance within the naos seems absurd. Despite this paradox of singularity, it may underscores Saint Helena’s contribution to the establishment of the correlation of the relics of Holy Cross with Cyprus, which was shaped around 1340s, within the period of the second phase of painting of the Asinou.
She is depicted on one of the thirteenth century strengthened responds, and therefore it was not painted over frescoes belonging to the original programme.
Her depiction without her son, Constantine, accompanying her, and her reappearance within the naos seems absurd. Despite this paradox of singularity, it may underscores Saint Helena’s contribution to the establishment of the correlation of the relics of Holy Cross with Cyprus, which was shaped around 1340s, within the period of the second phase of painting of the Asinou.
Creator
Source
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Publisher
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Digital Heritage Research Lab of Cyprus University of Technology
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/45036
Format
JPG, MP3
Language
en
Type
Identifier
Figure-062
Coverage
35.046355, 32.973431
Files
Collection
Citation
Ioannides, Marinos, “Saint Helena,” Αψίδα, accessed January 31, 2025, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/45272.