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daniel1 New Member Bulgaria 21 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 09:29 am Edited by daniel1 02/07/2011 09:40 am Report this Post to the Staff

t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 1:45 pm Russian See this: Russian Icon of the Virgin of Smolensk. The most stern and solemn variant of the Virgin Hodegetria. Its chief distinction from an Iconography point of view is that the Christ-Child is depicted full-face. The name comes from the fact that the Icon, which legend says was brought to Russia from Byzantium, was kept from the twelfth century in the Assumption Cathedral in the city of Smolensk. In the fifteenth century the Icon was in Moscow for a time, kept in the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin, but in 1465 it was returned to the people of Smolensk. Images of the Virgin of Smolensk became particularly popular in the sixteenth century after Smolensk was incorporated into the Moscovite state and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk was constructed in the Novodevichy Convent outside Moscow. Vernicle (Holy Face) on the top with hanging hole inside. On the right and left wings (panels) 12 Selected Saints aredepicted. Edited by t0rress 02/07/2011 2:00 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Admin Administrator United States 326 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 1:51 pm This is the second time I've cleaned up this topic and emails are going unanswered. Please post in English. The Staff cannot moderate what they cannot understand. Report this Post to the Staff
t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 1:54 pm Sorry I will not be repeated to type on Bulgarian Report this Post to the Staff
daniel1 New Member Bulgaria 21 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 1:54 pm sus sigurnost e ot podobna ikona Report this Post to the Staff
t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 1:55 pm Quote: sus sigurnost e ot podobna ikona Ok but dont type on bg Report this Post to the Staff
daniel1 New Member Bulgaria 21 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 1:56 pm ok sorry Report this Post to the Staff
t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 02/07/2011 1:58 pm http://www.collectibles-articles.co...6919922.html and nice strike for the medieval icon Edited by t0rress 02/07/2011 1:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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