Menas, martyr, with the posthumous miracles
Iconography: Menas, St., Hagiographic cycle of Mines of Egypt
Date: XVI century. Second half of the 16th century
Origin: From the Voskresensky Goritsky nuns’ convent, Kirillovsky district of the Novgorodskaya province (now village Goritsy in the Kirillovsky district, Vologodskaya region). The convent was founded in 1544 by princess Euphrosyne Staritskaya (monastic name – Eudocia).
Material: Wood, tempera
Dimensions: height 130 cm, width 104 cm
The centerpiece shows the full-length depiction of martyr Menas holding a sword and a spear in his hands.
Border scenes:
1. Return of saint’s relics to the motherland
2-3. The miracle of raising the strangled merchant
4-5. The miracle of Eutropius who promised the dish to the church of St.Menas
6. The miracle of rescuing the woman named Sophia from the warrior
7. The miracle of healing the lame and the dumb
8. The miracle of the Samaritan Aphrakia
9. The miracle of the conversion of the Hellene
10-11. The miracle of the Jew and the Christian
12. The miracle of the rich Hellene and the poor widow
13. The miracle of the promised camels
14. The miracle of the contributed firewood
15. The miracle of the healing the demon-possessed
16. The miracle of the taming the wild boar
Was deposited in 1930.
Restoration: the All-Russian Art Scientific and Restoration Center named after I.E. Grabar, 1979-1983, restorer – Prigorodova O.A.
Inv. №560/6. © Cherepovets Museum Association.
Bibliography: Куликова О.В. Древние лики Русского Севера. Из музейного собрания икон XIV-XIX веков города Череповца. М., 2009. С. 19, кат. № 27.
General view
Mullion
Miracle of Samaritan Afrakia