Though damaged this beautiful head of Melanie the Nun is one of the most striking of late Byzantine portraits
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Though damaged this beautiful head of Melanie the Nun is one of the most striking of late Byzantine portraits

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Though damaged this beautiful head of Melanie the Nun is one of the most striking of late Byzantine portraits, It was incorporated into a large devotional mosaic in the Kariye Djami but the precise identity of the subject is unknown. Turkey. Byzantine. early 14th century. Istanbul.

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Werner Forman Archive/

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Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

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UMG12A32_401

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Non

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Droits gérés

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19,7Mo (2,2Mo) / 22,9cm x 21,6cm / 2699 x 2552 (300dpi)

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