140. A newly identified portrait of Konstantinos XI Palaiologos (1448-1453), with Anastasia Koumousi cover art

140. A newly identified portrait of Konstantinos XI Palaiologos (1448-1453), with Anastasia Koumousi

140. A newly identified portrait of Konstantinos XI Palaiologos (1448-1453), with Anastasia Koumousi

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A conversation with Anastasia Koumousi (Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaea, Greek Ministry of Culture) about the recently identified portrait of the last emperor of the Romans in Constantinople, Konstantinos XI Palaiologos, in a monastery church in the northern Peloponnese. The discussion is based on her article ‘Παλαιά Μονή Ταξιαρχών Αιγιαλείας: η αναχρονολόγηση της ίδρυσης στους μεσοβυζαντινούς χρόνους και η προσωπογραφία του τελευταίου βυζαντινού αυτοκράτορα,’ in M. Xanthopoulou et al., eds., Το αρχαιολογικό έργο στην Πελοπόννησο 3 (Kalamata 2024) 747-759. Images of this portrait can be found online here and here and here.

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