Doctoral student of Prof. Dr. Vasiliky Tsamakda, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany Thesis: Pictoral creations between tradition and innovation. The iconographic programme of mural paintings with Adam and Eve in late medieval Cretan churches.
Depiction Of St. Thomas’s Touch On A Late Byzantine Engraved Gem From The Cheapside Hoard
An extensive visual and scientific study of the most important find within the Cheapside Hoard: the St Thomas stone: a Byzantine gem carving in a 16th century pendant. Until now it was unclear what the scene carved in the gemstone depicted.
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