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Onesimus of Byzantium (Menologion of Basil II)

A page from the Menologion of Basil II commemorating Onesimus, the runaway slave whom Paul begs Philemon to receive back as a beloved brother (Philemon 1). A tempera illumination on parchment from the Byzantine Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000).

Onesimus of Byzantium (Menologion of Basil II) by Master of the Menologion of Basil II depicting Philemon 1:10
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Depicted passages

Philemon 1:10-13Primary

About Master of the Menologion of Basil II

Byzantine

Anonymous Byzantine workshop responsible for the Menologion of Basil II (Vat. gr. 1613, c. 1000) — an illustrated saints calendar containing some 430 miniatures.

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