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Historical Archive: Major Sakkos of Photius

liturgical tunic inscribed for Metropolitan Photius of Kiev and Moscow (died 1431)
Byzantine, 1408-1431, probably 1414-1417; pearls re-strung 1631 and 1642
silk and silver gilt thread embroidery and pearls on satin, buttons and silver bells, taffeta lining
135 x 123 cm (53.1 x 48.4 inches)
Moscow, Kremlin Museums, Armory TK-4


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full
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with person for scale
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Crucifixion
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lower part
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Entry into Jerusalem (left), not available at high resolution
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Sophonias, Entry into Jerusalem (right)
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Entry into Jerusalem (right)
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center area
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dead Christ in sepulchre
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St. Cyril of Alexandria
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Last Supper
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Job, not available at high resolution
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Footwashing, Habakkuk, St. Andrew of Crete, upper part of St. Gregory Dialogos
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Footwashing, Habakkuk, part of St. Andrew of Crete
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Footwashing: Apostles, not available at high resolution
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St. Tarasius of Constantinople, Emperor Constantine I
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lower center left area, not available at high resolution
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Anastasis
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Abraham and Isaac, angel with ram above
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left: St. John the Gracious, Moses' vision of the burning bush (Virgin and Child); right: lower part of Athanasius the Great, Abraham and Isaac
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inscription, Abraham and Isaac
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John VIII Paleologos (co-emperor bef. 1408, emperor 1425-48) and spouse Anna of Moscow (daughter of Basil I, d.1417); half-length Lithuanian martyrs SS. John, Eustaphius, Anthony, not available at high resolution
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half-length Lithuanian martyrs; Grand Duke Basil I of Moscow (reg. 1389-1425), Sophia Vitovtovna (spouse from 1391), St. Tryphillius of Cyprus
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St. Gregory Dialogos; edge of Jacob's ladder; part of Tree of Jesse