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Metal · Church plate

Icon "Mother of God Hagiosoritissa"

Inv. no. М-2381 · Metal

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The icon is made of yellow metal, rectangular in form. At the center is a half-length image, in a three-quarter turn to the right, of the Mother of God; in her left hand she holds an unfurled scroll, and with her right she points to it. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Casting, engraving
Dimensions
13.7 × 12.5 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

The icon is made of yellow metal, rectangular in form. At the center is a half-length image, in a three-quarter turn to the right, of the Mother of God; in her left hand she holds an unfurled scroll, and with her right she points to it. She wears a bordered tunic and a maphorion with the star of the Ever-Virgin; around her head is a round halo with a dotted ornament, flanked by the inscription: "Mother of God." Her figure is surrounded by a stylized floral ornament. Around the perimeter of the icon is a frame with a floral-geometric interlace. On the reverse is an oval medallion depicting an eight-pointed cross with the instruments of the Passion — a spear and a reed — against a backdrop of city buildings. In the corners are the symbols of the four Evangelists. Around the perimeter of the icon is a frame with a diamond-mesh ornament.

Record

Inventory number
М-2381
Title
Icon "Mother of God Hagiosoritissa"
Collection group
Metal · Church plate
Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Casting, engraving
Dimensions
13.7 × 12.5 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Orthodoxy

Updated 15 Oct 2026

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