depicting two separate scenes in one composition, the miraculous vision in the Church of Blachernae at the top, the Holy Fool of Constantinople accompanied by his disciple Epiphanios pointing to the apparition of the Virgin at the bottom, the Mother of God spreading her veil over the heads of the many saints standing beside her, the second scene depicting Roman the Melodist in the middle holding a scroll inscribed with the Christmas Kontakion, the Byzantium Emperor and Empress to his left

The back of the panel diminished, with reminiscence of glue visible, the painting with several areas of retouching
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