Quelques réflexions à propos de l’étoffe luxueuse du despote de Thessalonique Andronic Paléologue, jadis conservée au monastère athonite de Vatopédi

Abstract

Abstract: The Despot of Thessaloniki Andronikos Palaiologos (1408‑1423) was a great benefactor of the monasteries of Mount Athos and especially of Vatopedi, where we can still find many of his donations. Among the objects that belonged to him was a now lost precious golden-embroidered textile with its monograms. Despite this loss, designs of the textile by Fyodor Ivanovich Uspensky and the Mission Sevastianov, as well as its non‑detailed descriptions, permit us to reconstruct its real aspect. In this paper I tried to reconstruct the textile and also to present its particular iconography with heraldic motifs (double-headed eagle, rampant lions).

Keywords

• golden embroidered textiles
• Vatopedi monastery
• 15th century