Nativity, detail of first bath of Christ, fresco, 12th century, in the Panagia tou Araka, a late 12th century Byzantine katholikon monastery church, near Lagoudera, in the Troodos mountains, Cyprus. The frescoes were commissioned by Leo Authentes and painted by a monk named Theodoros Apsevdis, completed 1192 and restored in the 14th century. The church is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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