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Date : approx. between 950 and 1000
Material : Ivory
Acquisition : Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan (1917)
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Objet(s) d'Art
Object of worship
Vitrine : V02 (Ref. 2715)
Area related
Constantinople (Turkey)
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Images of the Koimesis show her lying while her soul, represented as a baby, is offered by Christ to attendant angels who will take it to heaven. The Apostles, led by Saint Paul on the left, and Saint Peter on the right, stand witness. The Koimesis first appears in Byzantine art in the 900s. Its celebration is a principal holy feast day in the Orthodox Church calendar.
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