Király Erzsébet - Jávor Anna szerk.: A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria Évkönyve 1997-2001, Művészettörténeti tanulmányok Sinkó Katalin köszöntésére (MNG Budapest, 2002)
TANULMÁNYOK / STUDIES - PUSKÁS Bernadett: Taraszovics Bazil munkácsi püspök (1633-1651) két antimenzionja.
altar refer to Christ's four features: he is the Angel of the Grand Council, the Sacrifice offered for the sins of humankind, the King of the world, and the perfect man. That is also symbolized by the four apocalyptic beings and their representations. This idea was served by the representation of the Pantocrator Christ and the four Evangelists in the Saviour in Glory (Spas v slave) on the antimension. On Tarasovich's antimensions the duality of sacrifice and glory is also signified by the text of the Gospel held by the Pantocrator Christ: "He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him." (John 6: 56) In the 17th century the so-called historical rendering of the Entombment spread in the antimension iconography. In these depictions of 4-9 figures the persons known from the Gospel gather around Christ's tomb. The changing, expanding composition, the dramatic gestures of the central group and the lavishly ornamented cartouches indicate the influx of baroque aesthetics and outlook into the genre of antimensions. In addition to Russian and Ukrainian examples, the 18th— 19th century antimensions of the Greek catholic bishops of Munkács and Nagyvárad (Oradea) also belong to this type, in proof of the change of view that the entire eastern Christianity underwent in the 18th century.
