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Hodegetria

A Hodegetria, or Virgin Hodegetria, is an iconographic depiction of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding the Child Jesus at her side while pointing to him as the source of salvation for humankind. The Virgin's head usually inclines towards the child, who raises his hand in a blessing gesture. Metals are often used to draw attention to young Christ…

Art, Italian tradition & Spread of the image

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Constantinople

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Hodegetria of Smolensk

Italian tradition

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Hodegetria

Nodes74
Edges73
Triples125
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027027
Components1

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Hodegetria

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related to Italian tradition · 38
Hodegetria → An Italian, Angevin, Another, Baldwin II, Benedictine Abbey, Byzantine, Child, Christ, Church, Constantinople, Costantinopoli, Eudocia, Greek-speaking, Guarducci, However, It, Italo-Byzantine, Italy, Itria, Latin Emperor
related to References · 33
Hodegetria → Archived, Ashgate Publishing Co, Burlington, Byzantium, Cormack, Częstochowska Hodegetria, Death Masks, English, God, Hungarian, Icons, Images, ISBN, Kurpik, London, Maria, Mother, OCLC, Painting, Pelplin
related to Hodegetria of Smolensk · 22
Hodegetria → Assumption Cathedral, August, Constantinople, German, Her, Luke's, Moscow, Novodevichy Convent, Odigitrievsky Cathedral, On, Our Lady, Petersburg, Russia, Smolensk, Smolensk Hodegetria, Smolensky Cemetery Church, Some Russians, St, Theotokos, They
related to Spread of the image · 15
Hodegetria → An, Byzantine, Cappella Palatina, Christ's, Full-length, Greek, Hodegon, In, Many, Maria Vasilakē, Palermo, Rome, Salus Populi Romani, Torcello Cathedral, Virgin's
related to Constantinople · 11
Hodegetria → After, Constantinople, Fourth Crusade, Frankish, Hodegetria Monastery, Monastery, Pantocrator, Spaniards, There, Tuesday, Venetian
related to External links · 6
Hodegetria → Art, Byzantium, Faith, PDF, Power, The Metropolitan Museum

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icon theotokos original church constantinople mary image century great number child smolensk tradition maria christ type cathedral rome virgin monastery

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleThere0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleTuesday0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleConstantinople0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleAfter0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleFourth Crusade0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleMonastery0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinoplePantocrator0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleVenetian0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleFrankish0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleHodegetria Monastery0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to ConstantinopleSpaniards0.60section
Hodegetriarelated to External linksByzantium0.60section

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