Field photograph·Csn0891·1927–1931

Tomb and hermitage of St. Neophytos

Stone steps up to a whitewashed building with an arched doorway, two robed men climbing, at the hermitage of St. Neophytos — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0891. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A flight of stone steps climbs a rubble-stone wall to a whitewashed building with an arched opening and a small window. Two men in long dark robes and dark hats climb the steps on the right. In the foreground a low stone arch spans a channel beside flowering plants, a tree stands at left, and a wooden fence stands at right.

English, as on the record

TOMB AND HERMITAGE OF ST. NEOPHYTOS Reno Wideson ". . . In the very heart of the cliff he found a cave and began to clean it, and hew it out. Yet much time passed before it might serve him for a dwelling. For twenty and four years he lived a hermit´s life in this cell." Life of St. Neophytos ( ca A.D. 1215)

English, as on the record