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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Narthex fresco in the Catholicon at Pantocrator]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Pantocrator Monastery]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Monasteries]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Greece]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Mount Athos]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Catholicons]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Churches]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Frescoes]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Saints]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Narthexes]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Interior view of the catholicon or communal church of the Pantocrator Monastery. The photograph shows a fresco of Saint John the Baptist (Forerunner) located in the narthex (litii) of the catholicon. The painting program of the original 14th-century church was covered by new paintings in 1854 by Matthaios Ioannou of Naoussa. The monastery of Pantocrator was recognized as a monastery in the mid-14th century. Before then it was a loosely knit center of kelli (‚Äòcells‚Äô or monastic living quarters). Its founders are Alexios and Ioannis who were supported by their relative John V Palaiologos. The monastery also enjoyed later endowments from Manuel II Palaiologos, and (after the fall of Constantinople) the Danubian princes. The monastery suffered a devastating fire in 1773 and its reconstruction was aided by the financial support of Catherine the Great of Russia. The tower dates back to the monastery‚Äôs foundation aside from a few repairs. Most other buildings have been largely or completely r]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Recollection Wisconsin]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[5/29/97]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[<div class="item-relation"><a href="https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/6CJ5XWM7GGBMS8B" target="_blank"><img src="https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/3PYFUGYXA7V458E/M/s240-4fa4c.jpg" alt="https://asset.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/3PYFUGYXA7V458E/M/s240-4fa4c.jpg" height="200"></img></a></div>]]></dcterms:relation>
    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/6CJ5XWM7GGBMS8B]]></dcterms:references>
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