Icon: The Pokrov (veil) or Protection of... - Lot 238 - Copages Auction Paris

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Icon: The Pokrov (veil) or Protection of... - Lot 238 - Copages Auction Paris
Icon: The Pokrov (veil) or Protection of the veil of the Mother of God. RUSSIA beginning of XIX century. 30,8 x 25,4cm The tradition reports that the Mother of God appeared in the church of BLACHERNES in CONSTANTINOPLE then besieged and that she spread her veil on the assistance of the faithful as a sign of protection, manifestation of which was witnessed by André le Fol in Christ. In the lower register on the right, depicted naked and draped in a cloak, he shows his disciple Epiphanius his vision of the Virgin standing on a cloud holding the veil in his hands. Nimbed in a mandorla, she precedes the saints and patriarch. In the background, probable representation of the Basilica of Saint Sophia or the church of BLACHERNES, symbolizing the power of the Church, on the left in a cloud, Christ Pentocrator blessing. In the middle of the lower register, stands the deacon Roman the Melodian, reading on a phylactery the Acathist hymn written in thanksgiving for this protection granted by the Virgin, on his left are represented the emperor and empress and a patriarch.
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