The lower field of the original board is much wider than the top, from which it can be concluded that the icon had a handle and was a two-sided precessional
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Our Lady of the Burning Bush, with other images of the Mother of God, feasts and saints
In the midship – Our Lady the Burning Bush, in the iconographic variant that developed in Russia in the 16th century. Around 16 hallmarks in which the Our Lady of
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Icon of Our Lady of Kursk
The icon is one of the lists with the miraculous image of the “Our Lady of the Sign of the Kursk-Root”. According to the legend, this icon, repeating the iconography
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Nativity of Our Lady, with two saints in the fields
“Nativity of Our Lady” belongs to the number of masterpieces of the late iconography. The author of the icon probably knew the heritage of the royal masters of the 17th
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Annunciation
Icon of the festive row of the iconostasis. The original detail of the iconography – Velum is not thrown between the buildings, as usual, but hangs from the turret top
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The Trinity of New Testament
At the table with a white table top and an ornamented sidewall, there are three angel-bearing blessers with a yardstick in their hands. On the table are three bowls, the
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St. Nicholas with a life in 16 hallmarks
In the middle of St. Nikolai Mirlikiy in the belt image, with figures of Christ and the Virgin from the Nicene miracle. In 16 stigmas there is the life of
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John Chrysostom, with a Life
The figure of the saint is densely inscribed in the middel. Above her is the Trinity of New Testament, able. A plow with a rounding horizon is a detail popular
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John the Baptist by Angel of the desert, with scenes of life
In this expressive national icon it is interesting to note the preservation of the iconographic tradition, which goes back to the work of the outstanding master of the 17th century.
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Savior on the Throne
The icon characterizes one of the directions of the Vologda iconography of the 16th century. It is distinguished by the original drawing of the figure of Christ, unusually thin, with
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Saint James the brother of the Lord
The inscription with the name of the saint did not survive, but the iconography – the features of his face and the shape of his beard suggest that this is
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Saints John Climacus, George, Vlasy
Novgorod. Icon refers to the number of early Novgorod red icons. In its center one of the pillars of monasticism is represented – the Monk John of the Ladder –
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