The Onufri Iconographic Museum () 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.Nomination file Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra, UNESCO The museum was named to honor Onufri, a painting Headmaster of the 16th century.
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.
History
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.
Gallery
References
External links National Museum "Onufri", Muzeumet Berat