MAKE A MEME View Large Image Byzantine - Saint Christopher - Walters 48208613.jpg Saint Christopher is shown here dressed in Byzantine court costume and holding a cross as a sign of his martyrdom for Christ Christopher identified by a vertical inscription was known as ...
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Keywords: Byzantine - Saint Christopher - Walters 48208613.jpg Saint Christopher is shown here dressed in Byzantine court costume and holding a cross as a sign of his martyrdom for Christ Christopher identified by a vertical inscription was known as the patron saint of travelers and was popular among Christians in both the Byzantine and western traditions Another tile from the same series survives in the Walters collection and carries an image of Saint Ignatius inv 48 2086 7 century 10 Medieval ceramic with glaze cm 29 4 29 5 0 8 accession number 48 2086 13 6131 Nikos Avgheris Istanbul ca 1950 by purchase Robert E Hecht Ruxton Maryland 1956 by purchase Walters Art Museum 1956 by purchase Partial museum purchase with funds provided by the S A P Fund 1956 and partial gift of Mr Robert E Hecht Jr 1957 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Icons in ceramic Byzantine art Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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