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4th-7th century clay pilgrim flask or ampulla. Pilgrims used ampullae like this to carry water or oil from the pilgrimage site for Saint Menas: a late-third-century Egyptian Roman soldier who was martyred for his Christian faith. He is shown between the two camels who returned his body to Egypt for burial
A similar style of 6th-century pilgrim ampulla, here from the shrine of Saint Sergios in Syria. 5.4 cm (2.1 in) high, 3.81 cm (1.5 in) wide, 1.59 cm (0.6 in) deep A flask from Bobbio, with the Women at the empty tomb
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Another illuminated guide for pilgrims is the Futuh al-Haramayn of Muhi Al-Din Lari; the collection has exemplars from 16th century Mecca and late 18th or 19th century India. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Although it is rare for Qurans to include depictions of the holy sites of Mecca and Medina, the collection includes examples from the late 18th century that ...
Eulogy ampulla representing St. Menas and St. Thecla (terracotta, 6th century, Louvre Museum). An ampulla (/ æ m ˈ p ʊ l ə,-ˈ p ʌ l-/; [1] pl.: ampullae) was, in Ancient Rome, a small round vessel, usually made of glass and with two handles, used for sacred purposes.
Terracotta pilgrim's Menas flask impressed with Saint Mina between two camels, Byzantine, probably made at Abu Mina, Egypt, c. 6th–7th century. (Louvre Museum) 16th century icon of Saint Menas inside the Temple Church in Kastoria, Greece
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The History of Greek Vases: Potters, Painters, Pictures. New York: Thames & Hudson. MacGillivray, J.A. 1998. Knossos: Pottery Groups of the Old Palace Period BSA Studies 5. (British School at Athens) ISBN 0-904887-32-4 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002; Preziosi, Donald, and Louise A. Hitchcock. 1999. Aegean Art and Architecture.