The Folklore of Icon-Painters and Art Historians: Legends about the Elder in the Iconography of the Nativity of Christ
The article focuses on the legends that surround the figure of the elder in Eastern Christian iconography of the Nativity of Christ. The records of the 17th–19th cc. show that several Russian icon painters believed the character to be a sinner and tried to associate him with various characters of th...
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| Language: | English |
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A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Studia Litterarum |
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| Online Access: | http://studlit.ru/images/Antonov.pdf |