Flowers decorate the spandrels of the arches.
On either side of the arches stand urn-shaped flower pots, from which sprout shoots framing two busts of prophets. T he epimanikia are worked on red silk in gold and silver wire, with all the stitches commonly used in Byzantine gold embroidery. The design is of a remarkable delicacy, especially in the faces, and the elegant calligraphic inscriptions may certainly be considered part of the decoration. The priest Constantine was probably the owner of the vestment, rather than the embroiderer.