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The ho Ōn (ὁ ὤν) Inscription in Christ’s Halo

    Justin L. Willson

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 71, pp. 395-415, 2022/04/01

doi: 10.1553/joeb71s395

doi: 10.1553/joeb71s395

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doi:10.1553/joeb71s395



doi:10.1553/joeb71s395

Abstract

The present study investigates the spread of the ho Ōn (ὁ ὤν) inscription in Christ’s halo. Developed in the earlyPalaiologan period, the inscription originated with the liturgy for the Feast of the Transfiguration and was popularized throughthe theology of light elucidated by Hesychasts. Contextualizing the epigraphic innovation within the wider debates over Hesychasttheology, this essay pursues lines of inquiry first proposed by Titos Papamastorakis, who drew attention to the proliferationof this inscription in dome ensembles. The study concludes by discussing the reception of the ho Ōn in the Post-ByzantineGreek and Slavic worlds.

Keywords: Halo; Inscription; Tetragrammaton; Transfiguration; Hesychasm