Religious art with Church Slavonic inscriptions

[E Wayles Browne]

Dear all,

A Cornell alumnus has sent me photographs of a piece of religious art showing many sacred personages with brief Church Slavonic inscriptions. At the top is a particularly complicated piece of vjaz' (interwoven letters). Now, Cornell likes to help the public, especially its own old students. However, not having a good iconographic education, I can't decipher much of the inscriptions or tell this student how old his painting might be. May I send the photographs (.jpg format) to some better-educated person among you for help?

Yours,

--
Wayles Browne, Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu

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