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Photograph·pht_00780·c.1918

The hidden picture of the Madonna, Kykkos Monastery

The hidden picture of the Madonna, Kykkos Monastery
Photograph: Mangoian Bros., c.1918. pht_00780. "The hidden picture of the Madonna, Kykkos Monastery". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

English, as on the record

Black and white photographic postcard of the icon of the Virgin Mary under a protective covering at Kykkos Monastery

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Printed across bottom: THE HIDDEN PICTURE OF THE MADONNA, KYKKO MONASTERY, (CYPRUS)

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