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Document Details : Title: Une image peu connue de la Vision de saint Eustathe Author(s): JOLIVET-LÉVY, Catherine Journal: Revue des Études Arméniennes Volume: 43 Date: 2025 Pages: 131-148 DOI: 10.2143/REA.43.0.3295021 Abstract : This article examines the Vision of Saint Eustathius depicted in the apse of a rock-cut church in Puglia, the Cripta dei Santi Eremiti at Palagianello (12th or 13th century). The iconography shares affinities with Cappadocian representations studied by Nicole Thierry, while it stands apart by the figure of Christ appearing between the stag’s antlers – a motif found in 11th-century Constantinopolitan miniatures. The scene is set within a funerary context, and the invocation of a Greek-speaking monk with Western name (Leonard) attests to its votive nature. The article also offers a new interpretation of a Greek cryptogram painted near a cross above the altar. The iconography of the Vision of Saint Eustathius and the Greek inscriptions of the Santi Eremiti church testify to the persistence of links with the Byzantine world, long after the end of Byzantine rule. |
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