Bread Seal

Work Number: 581705
Title: Bread Seal
Description: Virgin Blachernitissa in the guise of the Virgin of the Burning Bush flanked by Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Moses. Saint Catherine is crowned and holds a torch. Adorning her dress are palm leaves, the symbol of a martyr's victory over death which are identical to those beneath the Virgin. Moses holds the Ten Commandments.
Medium: Wood carving
Subject: Catherine, of Alexandria, Saint; Christ Child; Moses (Biblical leader); Virgin Blachernitissa; Virgin of the Burning Bush
Bibliographic Citation: Galavaris, George. Bread and the Liturgy; the Symbolism of Early Christian and Byzantine Bread Stamps, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1970, fig. 73.