Αψίδα

Christmas 2020

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Title

Christmas 2020

Description

Christmas is undoubtedly a celebration of love, joy and offering. All the houses are festively decorated and the housewives prepare all kinds of traditional sweets, filling the house with aromas and tastes.
The two stamps present traditional Cypriot sweets in Christmas format.
The €0.64 stamp illustrates the Nativity of Christ, from a fresco (end of the 12th century) in the Christos Antifonitis Church in Kalograia, which is an interpretation of the style of the Constantinople’s post-Comnenian art. At the opening of the cave, the Virgin Mary is depicted lying on a bed. On the left, in a built manger-sarcophagus, Christ is depicted swaddled. On the right are the Shepherds and below the bathing scene. After the Turkish invasion, the figure of the Virgin Mary was removed, irreparably destroying this unique composition.

Source

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Publisher

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Date

Contributor

Designer: Xenia Christodoulou (€0.34 & €0,41 )
Giota Tsaklidou (€0.64)

Rights

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

Relation

www.cypruspost.gov.cy

Format

JPG

Language

en

Type

Identifier

2020CS413, 2020CS414, 2020CS415

Coverage

35.160417, 33.346556

Files

Citation

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Christmas 2020,” Αψίδα, accessed November 5, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/49244.