Annual menaion with scenes from the Resurrection and the Passion of Christ

Iconography:  Menaion, Set of Marian icons, Passion cycle, Selected holidays, Resurrection

Date: XIX century.

Material: Wood, levkas, tempera

Dimensions:  height 71 cm, width 58 cm

The central part of the the mullion depicts scenes from the Passion of Christ and the Ressurection. The New Testament scenes frame the images of the saints in the order of the months they are honored. The Menaion is framed by iconographic versions of the icons of the Holy Virgin.

Inv. № 0102. © The Andrey Rublyov Museum of Medieval Russian Culture and Art

  • General view
  • Centerpiece. Scenes from the Ressurection and the Passion of Christ
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment
  • Iconographic versions (izvod) of the icons portraying the Holy Virgin and the saints honored in the month depicted on the icon fragment