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Saint John ChrysostomLiturgical

Saint John Chrysostom

14th century (Palaiologan-era luxury micro-mosaic; vitreous-paste tesserae set in wax on a small wooden panel — one of the high-craft Byzantine portable-art traditions)· Vatopedi Monastery
Wikimedia Commons. Public domain (faithful photographic reproduction of a 14th-century icon). The underlying micro-mosaic at Vatopedi Monastery is in the public domain.