Tag #Manuel Panselinos

"Who was Manuel Panselinos, and what is the significance of identifying his true identity as Ioannis Astrapas?"

"A forensic analysis of a medieval manuscript in Paris has tentatively identified the Byzantine painter Manuel Panselinos as Ioannis Astrapas from Thessaloniki. This challenges the long-held belief that Panselinos was a pseudonym, suggesting it was a nickname for Astrapas, a member of the Macedonian School of painting. The finding is based on a comparison of handwriting styles on the manuscript and a painting in the Protaton church, long attributed to Panselinos."