In the Rybinsk State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve opened the exhibition "Icons of the inscriptions, signatures and dates in the collection of the Rybinsk museum"

in Rybinsk State Historical architectural and artistic museum-reserve (Yaroslavl region, Rybinsk, Volga embankment., 2) opened the exhibition "Icons of the inscriptions, signatures and dates in the collection of the Rybinsk museum».

value labels for the researcher - is enormous. They help to clarify the date of writing icons, style, and provide information on an icon Artel or workshop, of historical events and persons.

At the exhibition there are several icons indicating the date and name of the author. This icon of Our Lady Tolga 1740-ies letter Yaroslavl priest John Andreeva, image prep. Cassian of Uglich, written in 1739 by a certain Andrei Yakovlev, probably serf of Count Musin-Pushkin (archives until the "silent" about it). From the veil of oblivion emerges as only the name of Solovetsky Alimpiy monk, whose icon "St.. Nicholas "dated 1782 year. In 1755, the famous Moscow wizard V. Vasilevsky performed icon-blessing to the marriage of nobles Tishininyh. Astonishing mystery of what is happening in the early hours of the Jordan, as if written from life, the great "Epiphany" in 1907 with the signature of I. Udalova - most likely hereditary paleshanina.

In a lengthy inscription on the back icon "God of hosts, and the Holy Spirit" in 1823 revealed the fate of the icons and the owner - Rybinsk tradesman Vasily Titov, who became a monk Yugh desert and bequeathed to put an icon in his coffin. Gathered from the monastery Yugh icon - witness the execution of the will. Another inscription tells of a purely prayer prince and the king's waiter Nikita Ukhtomskogo (? -1716) Of the icon "Miracle of Florus and Laurus. On the back of the icon "St. Prince Alexander Nevsky, "read a touching inscription, remembrance:" 1856, April 7 in the memory of Alexander Sokovnin nezabvennago boy who died Aug. 1, 1855. Supposedly, "the boy Alexander" - one of the sons ND Sokovnin (1801-1869), State Councilor, presents picture albums marshal of the nobility.

Among the inscriptions on the nobility icons found the blessing of the spouses Mikhalkovs servant to go to monasteries, the blessing of children. The icons - the contribution of the inscriptions in temples perpetuate the names of donors: in particular, a certain collegiate councilor EN Durasova that gave in 1807, the icon of the Virgin Akhtyrsky for the consecration of the Church of Dimitri of Thessalonica in the county presents picture albums.

Legends of the miracles of the icons are turned into stamps recently renovated large icons "The Life of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God" and "Lady of Life-giving source of miracles" (both - the first third of XVIII century). The ambiguity of iconographic symbols of language is especially pronounced in the icon "The Virgin Blagodatnoe Sky" end of the XVIII century from local iconographic center Romanov Borisoglebsk. In full force and effect sounds at the exhibition theme of Russian Orthodox Cross - "... the glory of angels, demons plague. Carved Wood Cross-Crucifix 1914 - the fruit of painstaking labor and humble priesthood Tikhvin Monastery Parfenov, donated his fine piece of jewelry-from different species of trees, chips, shells in the desert in memory Yugh residence there in his youth.

At the exhibition a lot of memorable pilgrimage relics, local - Obrazok prep. Dorofei Yugh with the stamp of the monastery, and imported - the cross of Jerusalem with inserts of wood of cypress, cedar and Pevgov growing in areas associated with the Savior's suffering on the cross.

Inscriptions on the Rybinsk icons painted by brush, gold, completed a pen, sometimes in pencil, inscribed on the edge of the board, engraved on the metal. Psychology of them is different: full of parental care in the noble icons, or long, as the court ceremony, the wedding on the icon Tishininyh, sadly, funeral, business "cuneiform" peasant record scrupulously following the letter of Scripture, the endless, as the chains monk - at the Romanov icons. The inscriptions help to penetrate the innermost sphere of relations between the icons and the owner.

The exhibition runs until May 22.

Source: museum.ru