A very nice site, Letty, thanks for the link!
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I don't think that this (my) ican is really of highest quality, but it surely its a nice piece of art.
Look for instance here at the lower half:
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Walter Hinteler
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Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:25 am
And at some details there:
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Walter Hinteler
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Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:26 am
I'd really like to know more about that - I think, at had been on an exhibition in a German museum in the 50's ...
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Francis
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Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:30 am
Can you make a zoom on the headline (title)?
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Walter Hinteler
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Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:37 am
Francis wrote:
Can you make a zoom on the headline (title)?
You mean this, Francis, I think?
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Francis
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Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:40 am
Yes, Walter, thanks. I'm going to take a look...
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Walter Hinteler
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Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:45 am
Thanks, Francis. Very much appriiciated.
(The icon hadbeen on display at this museum, which is the larrgest outside the orthodox countries.)
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Letty
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Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:59 am
Walter, the icons are breathtaking regardless of their significance. I wonder if that detail is the head of John the Baptist, and if the language is aramaic? I'm certain Francis will know.
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Francis
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Tue 25 Sep, 2007 08:35 am
The language in the icon is written with the Cyrillic alphabet, so it's probably Russian but it can also be from some Russia surrounding countries. I'm working on it..
Here, examples of Cyrillic and Aramaic alphabets :
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Walter Hinteler
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Tue 25 Sep, 2007 08:39 am
Thanks, Francis!
Yes, it could very well be Russian - it came from there, I was told, and we were always referring to it as a "Russian icon".
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