Panagia Platytera

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Eastern Orthodox icon icon type

Panagia Platytera is a traditional Eastern Orthodox iconographic depiction of the Virgin Mary shown in a frontal, orans pose with Christ Emmanuel within a medallion on her chest, symbolizing her as “More Spacious than the Heavens.”

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Platytera ton Ouranon (More Spacious than the Heavens)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox icon ⓘ icon type ⓘ
artForm	mosaic ⓘ panel icon ⓘ wall painting ⓘ
associatedWith	Incarnation of Christ ⓘ Theotokos NERFINISHED ⓘ liturgical space of the altar ⓘ
culturalContext	Byzantine liturgical art ⓘ Eastern Christian spirituality ⓘ
depicts	Christ Emmanuel NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Mary ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	More Spacious than the Heavens NERFINISHED ⓘ Platytera ton Ouranon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtHistoricalInfluence	Orthodox church decoration ⓘ
hasArtHistoricalPeriod	Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIconographicElement	medallion with Christ on the chest of Mary ⓘ
hasLiturgicalFunction	reminder of the presence of Christ in the Eucharist ⓘ visual focus of the sanctuary ⓘ
hasOrientation	frontal ⓘ
hasPose	orans ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme	God dwelling in the womb of Mary ⓘ Mary as living temple ⓘ mystery of the Incarnation ⓘ
iconographicCategory	Mother of God in prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgin Orans NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Greek ⓘ
inscriptionOftenIncludes	Platytera ton Ouranon NERFINISHED ⓘ
isVeneratedIn	Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Romanian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ other Eastern Orthodox Churches ⓘ
relatedConcept	Theotokos of the Sign NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
showsChristAs	Christ Emmanuel NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes	Mary as More Spacious than the Heavens ⓘ Mary as bearer of God ⓘ
typicalLocation	apse of Orthodox churches ⓘ conch of the sanctuary apse ⓘ
usedIn	Byzantine iconography NERFINISHED ⓘ post-Byzantine iconography ⓘ
visualFeature	Mary shown from the waist up or full-length ⓘ halo around Christ Emmanuel ⓘ halo around Mary ⓘ hands raised in prayer ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panagia → hasIconType → Panagia Platytera ⓘ

Mary in Eastern Christianity → iconographicTheme → Panagia Platytera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Platytera ton Ouranon (More Spacious than the Heavens)