Kroustas.
Males.
CRETE
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500. Kroustas, Saint john
at Lakkoi, wall painting
(Κρούστας, Άγιος
Ιωάννης στους Λάκκους,
τοιχογραφία)
500.
Kroustas.
The decoration of the barrel-vaulted, single-nave church of
Saint George is a typical example of archaic painting featuring
evangelical scenes and episodes from the life of the saint. Pal-
aeologan art of remarkable quality with an inscription of 1347-
8 is found in the church of Saint John at Lakkoi, including a
rare built altar screen decorated on both surfaces. The belated
penetration of Palaeologan art into Crete was due to the Vene-
tian occupation (1204-10) and it appeared in its complete form
mainly from the end of the second decade of the 14th c.
501.
Males.
Panagia Mesochoritissa is a barrel-vaulted church with wall-
painted decoration from two periods. In its E section are evan-
gelical scenes with Western influences (14th c.). In the W sec-
tion are numerous illustrations from the life of the Theotokos,
dated to 1431-2 according to inscriptions.
