This icon commemorates the Triumph of Orthodoxy, a pivotal moment in Byzantine history. It depicts the Empress Theodora, dressed in red, who restored the use of images in religious worship in AD 843.
Cole, Herbert M. 1989. ICONS: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of African Art.
This icon commemorates the Triumph of Orthodoxy, a pivotal moment in Byzantine history. It depicts the Empress Theodora, dressed in red, who restored the use of images in religious worship in AD 843.