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Monastery of the Zoodochos Pege at Balıklı, extra-muros
Author(s) : Moutafov Emmanuel (3/5/2008)Translation : Andriopoulou Vera
For citation: Moutafov Emmanuel, "Monastery of the Zoodochos Pege at Balıklı, extra-muros",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, ConstantinopleURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=11780>
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Hodegetria Iconographic type of the Virgin Mary. The Virgin is depicted standing, slightly turning to the right of the viewer, holding in her arms the infant Jesus. The type was named so after an allegedly thaumaturgic icon of the Virgin Mary kept in the monastery of Hodegoi in Constantinople.
narthex A portico or a rectangular entrance-hall, parallel with the west end of an early Christian basilica or church.
Virgin the Unfading Rose (Rhodon to Amaranton) In Byzantine art, the iconographic sceme with the Virgin Mary crowned, holding a standing Christ Child also crowned and vested imperial garments. Occasionaly other iconographic elements are included, such as angelic orders and, most often, a rose in the hand of the Virgin.
1. Introduction
2. History of the fountain
2.1. The Holy Fountain
2.2. The shrine (the monuments)
2.3. The worship of the Theotokos of Zoodochos Pege
3. The name Balıklı, the legend of the fish and the miracles of Theotokos
4. The iconographic type of the Zoodochos Pege
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