Antique Russian icon "Menologium of January", photoengraving, 30x25 cm
Antique Russian icon "Menologium of January", photoengraving, 30x25 cm. Original Russian icon of the 1930th depicting the Menologium of January, i.e. the most relevant saints and scenes of the month of January, like the Baptism of Jesus on the first line.
Since the 9th century, the fixed ecclesiastical calendar has been universally-accepted, providing regular commemorations of saints and helping to disseminate their iconography. By the end of the 10th century, menological icons with a saint for e...
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Antique Russian icon "Menologium of January", photoengraving, 30x25 cm. Original Russian icon of the 1930th depicting the Menologium of January, i.e. the most relevant saints and scenes of the month of January, like the Baptism of Jesus on the first line.
Since the 9th century, the fixed ecclesiastical calendar has been universally-accepted, providing regular commemorations of saints and helping to disseminate their iconography. By the end of the 10th century, menological icons with a saint for each day were completed and became a typical painting in Russia. In the menological icon for a full year, the sequence of the different months follows the orthodoxe religious calendar, which starts, following an older tradition, in september with the beginning of Jesus' public preaching.
Antique icon from Moscow (Russia), one of a kind, painted on a wood board of 31.5x26.5 cm with photoengraving technique.
Icon with hook to hang it, delivered with expertise by a qualified expert in a blue satin case.
