Onufri Iconographic Museum
The Onufri Iconographic Museum (Muzeu Ikonografik "Onufri") is an Albanian national museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography in Berat, Albania. The museum is located inside the Church of the Dormition of St Mary in the castle quarter Berat. The museum was named to honor Onufri, a painting Headmaster of the 16th century.
Onufri Iconographic Museum

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- Onufri Iconographic Museum
- Founded
- 1986
- Headquarters
- Albania
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The Onufri Iconographic Museum (Muzeu Ikonografik "Onufri") is an Albanian national museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography in Berat, Albania. The museum is located inside the Church of the Dormition of St Mary in the castle quarter Berat. The museum was named to honor Onufri, a painting Headmaster of the 16th century.
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Overview
Overview
The museum features on display 173 objects chosen among 1500 objects belonging to the found of Albanian Churches and Monasteries as well as to Berat.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Onufri Iconographic Museum • Native Name — Muzeu Ikonografik "Onufri" • Established — 1986 02 27 • Location — Berat, Albania • Type — Art museum • Key Holdings — Medieval Period • Collections — Byzantine art • Collection Size — 173 objects • Website — https: muzeumet-berat.al/en/onufri-iconographic-museum/
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Mary and Child. Icon by Onufri (Onuphrios). 16th century. • Illustration — Icon by Onufri. Cathedral of Berat. • Illustration — Icon of the Apostle Saint Peter, painted by Nikolla, son of Onufri, second half of the 16th century. Today Onufri-Museum Berat. • Illustration — The Roman Emperor Constantine I with his mother Helena of Constantinople, who has found the relic of the holy cross in Jerusalem. Icon painted by Nikolla, son of Onufri, in the St. Mary of Blachernae Church, Berat (Albania), second half of the 16th century. • Illustration — 18th century icon painting by Kostandin Shpataraku.
Collection
Collection
The collection of the museum consists of 173 objects, 106 of which are icons and 67 are liturgical objects, and belong to the iconographic Albanian painters who created in the 14th - 20th centuries: • Onufri • Nikola (Onufri’s son) • Onouphrios Cypriotes • David Selenica • Kostandin Shpataraku • Çetiri’s (or Katro) tribe (Gjergj, Nikolla, Johani, Naumi, Gjergji junior) • Many other anonymous painters.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1087334772, Onufri Iconographic Museum (Bérat).
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- “Onufri Iconographic Museum”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Qendra Muzeore Berat – Faqja zyrtare.
- 2.Nomination file Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra, UNESCO
- 3.Eno Koço. A Journey of the Vocal Iso(n). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 45–6. 27 February 2015. 978-1-4438-7578-3.
- 4.Gillian Gloyer. Albania. Bradt Travel Guides. 123–4. 7 January 2015. 978-1-84162-855-4.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1087334772, Onufri Iconographic Museum (Bérat).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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