General View of Room 1.

Pict. 4 Bee, emblem of the Abbot of Kykkos, by George Gracer.

In the middle of the granite floor of the reception hall there is, in marble, a picture of a bee and round it the consonants of the name of the Abbot of Kykkos Nikephoros with the date of construction1996 (picture 4). The bee was adopted in the 18th century as the official emblem of the Abbot of Kykkos as it symbolizes industriousness and orderliness. On the Ieft, high up on the frieze of the southern wall, lies the founder's plaque bearing the following text:

THIS HOUSE THAT YOU SEE VISITOR CALLED MUSEUM OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF KYKKOS STATELY REPOSITORY OF OLD WORKS WAS BUILT BY ABBOT NIKEPHOROS ZEALOUS PRESENTER OF SPLENDID FINDINGS FOR THE REMEMBRANCE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY FIVE.

Pict. 10 Complex ritualistic red-varnissed vessel.

Pict. 11 Animal-shaped red-varnissed decanter.

Εικ. 12 Krater (mixing bowl). Cypro-archaic I

Pict. 13 Attic amphora with black figures

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