Icon; metal; representing St. Nicholas of Mozhaysk; he holds a sword in his right hand and a church in his left; above at top are Veronicas’ veil, old testament, trinity; traces of blue and white enamel.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley), Eugen Neuhaus, Older University Collections, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Icons (devotional images)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)