The Queen stands at your right hand
The Queen stands at your right hand (in Russian: « Предста Царица одесную Тебе » Also called déisis real) es un ícono tipo deisis. It represents Jesus Christ sitting on his throne, adding details such as the “Tsar of Tsars” or the “High Priest” with, at his side, Mary dressed as a queen and John the Baptist.
Among the destroyed frescoes, of which photographs are preserved from the Church of the Transfiguration (the Savior of Kovalev), in Novgorod, there was a representation of the same type with the Theotokos and Christ only, but without John the Baptist.[1]
Biographies[edit]
- (ru) Ostachenko E., On the iconography "The Queen Stands at Your Right"; Attribution problems, Осташенко Е. Я. Об иконографическом типе иконы «Предста Царица» Успенского собора Московского Кремля // Древнерусское искусство. Проблемы и атрибуции [т. 10]. — М.: Наука, 1977. — С. 175—187.
- (ru) The icons of the Cathedral of the Dormition in Moscow/ Иконы Успенского собора Московского Кремля. XI — начало XV века. Каталог. — М.: Северный паломник, 2007. — Кат. No. 11, стр. 128—133.
- (ru) In the Orthodox Encyclopedia /Деисус [archive] // Православная энциклопедия. Т. 14
References[edit]
- ^ Victor Lazarev, Mosaics and frescoes of ancient Russia, The Amateur editions, Translation by Giorgia Bongornio ( ISBN 2 85917 307 2 ) p. 216