Szentek ikonográfiája a Kárpát-vidéki középkori festészetben: Szent Kozma és Damján, Oszlopos Szent Simeon, Nagy Szent Bazil, Három Szent Főpap, Szent Borisz és Gleb, Szent Paraszkéva

The Iconography of Saints in Carpathian Medieval Painting: Saints Cosmas and Damian, Saint Simeon Stylites, Saint Basil the Great, the Three Holy Hierarchs, Saints Boris and Gleb, and Saint Paraskevi In the Carpathian Region, icons of saints were accommodated on the lateral walls of churches, but most typically on iconostases. The iconography of title feast icons placed in the Sovereign Tier indicates that, in this region, the veneration of nearly two dozen saints was common in the Late Middle Ages. Aside from the most frequently depicted characters, a few icons demonstrate that the Physician-Saints Cosmas and Damian, Saint Simeon Stylites and Saint Basil the Great – individually – and the Three Holy Hierarchs – as a triad – as well as Saints Boris and Gleb were portrayed, often with scenes from their lives. Besides the male saints most prominent in terms of the number of their icons, a special place is assigned to Saint Paraskevi, with several martyresses and hermits by the same name converging in her depictions. In the Carpathian Region, traditionally Byzantine prototypes were widely cherished in the hagiography of saints. The present article offers an overview of the iconographic characteristics of individual types.