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Detail: Part of the revetment of the icon with the image of Aaron the Prophet.
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Detail:Part of the revetment of the icon with the image of Habakkuk the Prophet.
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Detail:Part of the revetment of the icon with the image of Ezekiel the Prophet.
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The Mother of God Soul Saviour

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(On the reveres – "The Annunciation")

14 century.

94.5 x 80.4 cm.

Tempera. Plaster ground on board. Revetment of gilded silver with enamel inlay.

From the Church of the Mother of God Peribleptos (St. Clement’s), Ohrid.

Today - at the Icon Gallery, Ohrid.

 

Condition: Very well preserved. The revetment damage at several places. The lower part of the frame completely lost.

Iconography: The Mother of God is portrayed in half-length with little Christ in her left arm. She is dressed in maphorion, where the bilodi – a blue Greek hat is visible. The infant Christ is dressed in ochre garments striped with gold, drawn in red lines. On His shoulders, a dark blue chlamus. He blesses with His right hand, and in the left He holds a cinnabar scroll. On both sides of the metal hole of the Mother of God, in half-length Michael and Gabriel are portrayed.

Only seven of the plates of the revetment remain. One plate with St. John Chrysostom has been added later.

Conservation: Conservation at the laboratory of IPCM - Skopje.

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