Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (8.1996(1997))

Naos, western wall, starting from the south:
MW. 1 Mother of God enthroned between the Archangels
MW.2 St. Pichoshe and unidentified saint (?), both on
horseback, the second one damaged9
MW. 3 Cosmic Cross with Christ in the center
MW.4 St. Claudius (?). on horseback
MW. 5 Cross with velum, bottom register, below the
archangel
MW.6 Saintly monk enthroned, bottom register, below
Claudius
North wall of naos:
MN. 1 Saintly archimandrite (Shenute?)
MN.9 Painted fragment (?)
MN.2 Saint Georgios (?), on horseback
MN.3 Archangel Gabriel
MN.4 St. Merkurios on horseback
MN.5 St. Theodoros Strathelatos (?), on horseback
MN.6 Saintly monk, bottom register
MN.7 Fragment, bottom register
MN.8 Fragment, bottom register
South wall of naos:
MS. 1 Saint on horseback, fragment
MS.2 Anchorite Simeon the Stylite with two figures
MS.3 Christ and an apostle (?), fragment of a composition
The paintings inside the church, possibly with the exception
of the archangels in the two sacristies, were produced in the early
11th century,10 between 1022 and 1032. Bishop Isaac of
9 The two riders were depicted antithetically inside a single frame.
10 The paintings in the apse, and possibly in the whole church, were
painted in the period between the death of Caliph al-Hakim (1022) and the
death of the Patriarch Zacharias who is mentioned in the foundation
inscription in the apse.

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