UK_628 Icon of St Peter, about 1320
This icon is of the highest quality. It depicts St Peter as an elderly man carrying a scroll. The scroll is inscribed with a plea for celibacy written in Greek. This subject matter indicates that the icon may have been painted for al community of monks. The icon was originally much larger and it was probably designed to be viewed at a distance as a prominent piece of public devotional art.
Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) Cedar, linen, gold-leaf, gesso, paint
British Museum
UK_628 Icon of St Peter, about 1320
This icon is of the highest quality. It depicts St Peter as an elderly man carrying a scroll. The scroll is inscribed with a plea for celibacy written in Greek. This subject matter indicates that the icon may have been painted for al community of monks. The icon was originally much larger and it was probably designed to be viewed at a distance as a prominent piece of public devotional art.
Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) Cedar, linen, gold-leaf, gesso, paint
British Museum