The Order of the Knights Hospitallers was an exceptional case of an order having religious, military and social rights. On the picture, a knight Hospitaller represented on a wall painting (detail) at the church of Saint George Chostos in Filerimo. 15th century.
Rhodes, 4th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/ Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Kollias, I., I mesaioniki poli tis Rodou kai to palati tou Megalou Magistrou
Hellenic Ministry of Culture-Archaeological Receipts Fund, Athens 1994, p. 128, phot. 68.
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