Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a centuries-old puzzle — the true identity of a leading Byzantine painter who injected humanity into the rigid sanctity of Orthodox religious art.
Christina Sotirakoglou a handwriting expert, observes Byzantine paintings based on photographs prints, at her office, in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024.
Art historians had long suspected that the name — Greek for"full moon" — could have originated as a nickname for some member of the so-called Macedonian School of painting, based in Thessaloniki. “Panselinos was a real person, and was just the nickname by which Ioannis Astrapas became known,” he told The Associated Press.
Father Cosmas said Astrapas was an “extremely gifted painter ... with vast knowledge who harmonically combined the ancient, classical world with Orthodox Byzantine spirituality."Artists' signatures were not common at the time, although some survive from members of the Astrapas family. There are none by"Panselinos."
“ was very difficult, because the writing on the wall paintings is in capital letters, and the painters subdued their personal handwriting to conform" with the traditional format, she said — rather like anonymous letter-writers' attempts to disguise their true style. “The Marcian codex is written in very small lower-case letters.”“It's a Phi that stands out, and is similar” in both the manuscript and the Protato painting, she said.
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