Abstract
This text is dealing with a rare thematic innovation that appeared in Byzantine wall painting of the thirteenth century. In particular, the author explores the iconography of the Vision of Saint Peter of Alexandria as found in the Church of St. Archangels in Prilep around 1270. He argues that this work manifests a key moment in the development of this composition over the course of the thirteenth century. This links the same motif found in Melnik from the beginning of the thirteenth century, and a composition from the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid from 1294/1295. In the end, place of the Vision in the painted program of the western part of the Church of St. Archangels in Prilep is analyzed.
Highlights
This text is dealing with a rare thematic innovation that appeared in Byzantine wall painting of the thirteenth century
Even amongst the small number of thematically innovative motifs to appear in thirteenth century Byzantine wall paintings, the Vision of Saint Peter of Alexandria stands out as being of singular importance
The origins of this composition in Byzantine art originated in illuminated manuscripts dating from the end of the tenth century to the beginning of the eleventh century
Summary
This text is dealing with a rare thematic innovation that appeared in Byzantine wall painting of the thirteenth century. Even amongst the small number of thematically innovative motifs to appear in thirteenth century Byzantine wall paintings, the Vision of Saint Peter of Alexandria stands out as being of singular importance. The origins of this composition in Byzantine art originated in illuminated manuscripts dating from the end of the tenth century to the beginning of the eleventh century.
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