St. George, handmade Russian icon, Moscow. Middle 19th Century. Tyre shekel pendants

St. George, handmade Russian icon, Moscow. Middle 19th Century. Tyre shekel pendantsIcon of St. George. Handmade Russian Icon, Moscow. Middle 19th C. (1850 1870) The icon is in excellent condition, made in four different levels, First wood, second canvas, third gold leaf and fourth the painting level. Size: 67x46 cm, 26. 3x18 inch. St. George was a soldier of Cappadocian Greek origins, member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian, who was sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith. He became one of

A SMALL ICON SHOWING THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD WITH A SILVER OKLAD Russian

the Veronica would go with it

[4] Because Roman coinage was only 80% silver

but also at the very beginning of the New Testament

glass is not a material commonly associated with ancient societies

Executed on an octagonal shaped panel in the Italianate style

and chopping down a tree possessed by a demon

where he had served as a bishop and Nicholas's remains were moved to a sarcophagus in that church

or conversely with the central cross also in the form of a plain Greek cross

Each side overlaid with a finely repousséd and chased heavily gilded silver Riza and held in a gilded silver frame with integral suspension loop at top center

was able to quench thirst

Jerusalem Cross is a heraldic cross and Christian cross variant consisting of a large cross potent surrounded by four smaller Greek crosses