Code:085
Before/After
~1890 (late 19th century)
Egg tempera and gold leaf 22k
Private Collection
2022
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Egg tempera and gold leaf 23k on background.
2021.
Ἀπολυτίκιον
Ήχος α΄.
Νικηφόρου Ὁσίου, τοῦ λεπροῦ τὰ παλαίσματα, καὶ τὴν ἐν ἀσκήσει ἀνδρείαν, κατεπλάγησαν Ἄγγελοι ὡς ἄλλος γὰρ Ἰὼβ τὰ ἀλγεινά, ὑπέμεινε δοξάζων τὸν Θεόν, νῦν δὲ δόξῃ ἐστεφάνωται παρ᾽ Αὐτοῦ, θαυμάτων διακρίσεσιν. Χαίροις τῶν Μοναστῶν χειραγωγέ, χαίροις φωτὸς ὁ πρόβολος· χαίροις ὁ εὐωδίας χαρμονήν, προχέων ἐκ λειψάνων σου.
A unique characteristic of this icon is what appears to be a scar on the Virgin Mary's right cheek or her chin. A number of different traditions exist to explain this, but the one most commonly held by Orthodox Christians is that the icon was stabbed by a soldier in Nicaea during the period of Byzantine iconoclasm under the Emperor Theophilus (829–842). According to tradition, when the icon was stabbed, blood miraculously flowed out of the wound.
19th century
Unknown Iconographer
Egg tempera and covered gold leaf 22k on halos.
Silver cases 925.
Restoration 2021.
Codes: 6353/6451