On the saints represented in the Byzantine icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the British Museum in London

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the study of the saints depicted in the representation of the Triumph of Orthodoxy in the icon probably made in Constantinople around 1400 which is now kept at the British Museum in London. New identifications of certain figures are proposed. Questions are posed as to how the scene was shaped and which writings were the basis for its creation. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. 177036: Srpska srednjovekovna umetnost i njen evropski kontekst]

Keywords

• the Triumph of Orthodoxy
• icon
• the British Museum
• iconoclasm
• iconophiles
• saints