"Angely s labarami"?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Alina Israeli wrote:

>> M. Vrubel' painted a painting called "Angely s labarami". What are 
>> labary? How is the word pronounced (lAbary, labAry, labarY)? What is 
>> its gender in the singular? Where does the word come from? It is 
>> missing in all the dictionaries I can find.
> 
> 
> Here's the explanation from one site: Архангел держит в правой руке 
> сферу, а в левой - знамя-лабар. 
> http://www.icon-art.info/masterpiece.php?lng=ru&mst_id=979
> 
> So it's a banner.

Yes, but the English word "banner" generally conjures up an image of a 
much larger, more flexible sign, often carried by several people, and 
usually much wider than it is high (compare the usage for "banner ads"); 
this looks like a stiff little handheld thing.

-- 
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--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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