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MELCHITE, 17TH CENTURY
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STS. BARBARA AND JOHN OF DAMASCUS; THE ICON WITH ARABIC INSCRIPTIONS
MELCHITE, 17TH CENTURY
The two saints popular in the Orthodox Levant, portrayed traditionally, St. Barbara holding a martyr's cross and a model of the chapel probably dedicated to her, St. John Damaskenos wearing an Arabic headcover, bearing a staff and a scroll with a text, on gold ground, framed by a green decorative border
19 x 14¾ in. (48.25 x 37.4 cm)
MELCHITE, 17TH CENTURY
The two saints popular in the Orthodox Levant, portrayed traditionally, St. Barbara holding a martyr's cross and a model of the chapel probably dedicated to her, St. John Damaskenos wearing an Arabic headcover, bearing a staff and a scroll with a text, on gold ground, framed by a green decorative border
19 x 14¾ in. (48.25 x 37.4 cm)
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