# Podea

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{{Short description|Apron hung at the bottom of a religious icon}}
'''Podea''' ({{langx|el|ποδέα}}) (plural: {{Transliteration|el|podeai}}) is a kind of [apron](/source/apron),<ref name=" Hiera Monē Batopediu 1998 451 ">{{cite book |author=Hiera Monē Batopediu |title=The holy and great monastery of Vatopaidi: tradition, history, art, Volume 2 |publisher=Mount Athos : Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi |year=1998 |page=451 |oclc=313525556 |quote= The podea is a liturgical ornament hung immediately below an icon, a kind of 'apron'. In texts it is also referred as a 'poderes skenos, 'kraspedon, or 'pterygiori and 'emprostalion of the holy icons'. }}</ref> that clearly designates a cloth hung at the foot of an [icon](/source/icon) in [Orthodox Church](/source/Eastern_Orthodox_Church), which often accompanies it in religious processions. This hanging often is embroidered with religious scenes or figures of the saints and liturgical writing.  The image on a podea might either double or complement the subject of the icon: an epigram by Nicholas Kallikles describes a podea for the icon of the [Theotokos](/source/Theotokos) at the [Hodegon Monastery](/source/Hodegon_Monastery) as “an image of the image”. It is also known as {{Transliteration|el|poderes skenos}}, {{Transliteration|el|kraspedon}}, {{Transliteration|el|pterygiori}} and {{Transliteration|el|emprostalion}}.<ref name=" Hiera Monē Batopediu 1998 451 "/>
thumb|Embroidered podea depicting St. George, first half of the 17th cent. Russian State Historical Museum.
Embroidered {{Transliteration|el|podeai|italic=no}} evolved into an essential supplement to the iconic image. It serves to create a sophisticated interaction with the icon, creating another level of perception of the icon; as such, it can serve to enrich, and/or develop on, the theme of the icon itself.

==See also==
*[Aër](/source/A%C3%ABr)

==References==
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* ''Frolov A''. La «Podea»: un tissu décoratif de l’Eglise {{Not a typo|byzantine}} // Byzantion, 1938. T. 13. Fasc. 2. P. 461—504.
* ''Woodfin W. T.'' Clothing the Icon: The Podea and Analogous Liturgical Textiles
* ''Petrov A.'' Podea: the Embroidery Image under the Icon and Its Function in Byzantine and Medieval Russian Churches // Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of Byzantine Studies. London, 21–26 August 2006. Vol. III. London, 2006. P. 311-312.

==External links==
* [https://www.academia.edu/19973877/Ancient_Russian_Icon_Podeas._XVth_XVIth_centuries._Typology_Function_Iconography_%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B._XV_XVI_%D0%B2%D0%B2._%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D1%84%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%8F Ancient Russian Icon Podeas. XVth – XVIth centuries. Typology, Function, Iconography.  Ph.D. Dissertation (in Russian)]

Category:Eastern Orthodox icons

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